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I do NOT think the POTUS should use the phrase "fully fund" to desrcibe his stance on the e-rate
program. The FCC is not likely to fully fund it. There is no support on the Hill for fully funding it.
Thus, the language should be watered down.
I also think we should add universal service in when we talk abou the e-rate. This is about schools,
libraries, and keeping phone rates affordable in rural America.
~~As the rate stuff, I would more say that this should and can be done without asking consumers
for
to pay more -- or at worst, for under $1 a month.
Jim and David can get you specific language. But Riley is way out of the flight path on this one.
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
OFFICE OF TiiE SECRETARY
June 4) 1998
TO: BRUCE REED
RONKLAIN
MICHAEL WALDMAN
JIM KOHLENBERGER
. MIKE. COHEN
FR: SECRETARY RICHARD RILEY
RE: E-RA1E LANGUAGE FOR MIT COl\1MENCEMENT ADDRESS
I believe that the President should make a very strong statement in support of theE-rate at M1T
commencement address and send a very strong message to the opponents of theE-rate that the
President and the Vice-President are fully behind it Here is suggested language.
"As we look to the future, I can assure you that our a,bility to help our children learn this <<new
. basic" depends to a great extent on full implementation of theE-rate. TheE-rate or education
. rate will allow our nation's schools and libraries to receive deep discounts on telecorrununications
services. These discounts of u.p to 90% for our poorest schools are the fastest way I know that we
ca:n overcome the digital divide for all of our children.
While you and I and the many students at this great university are full participants in this new era
of technology, I can assure you·that there are children here in Boston who have rarely had the
opportunity to use a computer much less open their minds to the wonders ofthe Internet. These
young people are cut off from what all ofus take for granted.
The E-rate can go away to solving this problem. If the Federal Communications Commission acts
to fully fund theE-rate next Tuesday Boston's public and private schools will get the $10 million
in discounts. This is why I fuUy support the E-rate, why Vice-President Gore has fought so hard
for ~he E-rate and why I urge the FCC not to listen to those few voices that want to stop theErate dead in its tracks.
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Long distance hone bills are now at their lowest point in history. The Telecommunications Act
of 1
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uni ue o ortunit to bot ower te ecommumcat1ons pnces an exi:end the
benefits of the information age to all of our nation's chi dren. T e cos o c:Ju:srry-fOMI:lppGFt-&~
th;schools and libraries program has been.offs~t by reductions in access charges -- money that
long distance companies pay to connect to Jocal telephone companies. In the last 11 months,
access charge reductions !O Jong distance companies have equaled $2.4 billion -more than
offsetting the $2.02 billion in esrirnated demand for the schools and libraries program.
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Subject: FROM-WALDMAN & SPERLING
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COMMENTS ARE MOSTLY SELF EXPLANATORY. TO SUMMARIZE:
* need to get much bigger and make bigger point about democratization &
opportunity, as we do in new text material. As i have said before, i don't
want more apocalyptic rhetoric about divisions-- but aren't there any facts &
figures like the NYT article on racial disparity? What %% of kids now don't
have access to a computer? Etc.
* move sommerville example to bottom, & rewrite it or replace it w/ union city
*need an ending!!!!!
* we may be able to lose the r&d increase
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PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
June 5, 1998
In 1853, a brilliant geologist arrived in Boston with his .family -- and one
great idea. His name was William Barton Rogers, and his vision was to start
an
institution of practical knowledge, unlike any in America; a college devoted
to
helping the sons and daughters of New England, speed America into the emerging
industrial age ..
Eight years later, Rogers, visiort became a reality, and MIT was born. Ever
since, this great university has been at the leading edge.of technological
change, sparking innovation, spreading opportunity throughout our land.
Today,
if all the companies founded by MIT graduates and faculty formed their own
country, it would ·have the 24th largest economy in the world. These
MIT-related companies employ hundreds of thousands of workers -- knowledge
workers -- in high-paying, high-skilled jobs.
Your success is a sign of the times. As you know better than anyone, a
revolution in technology is underway, and its scope and depth are staggering.
It is spreading throughout our society, upending old arrangements, propelling
America into a truly new era -- the Information Age. This revolution did not
begin with a &shot heard round the world, 8 like the one fired by patriots
not
far from here, two centuries ago. No one shot, no single catalyst, sparked
the
,
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�Information Revolution. There have been many catalysts, in laboratories and
libraries, in start-ups and blue chips, in homes and even in dorm rooms -across this great nation and, indeed, around the· world.
This is more than a time of innovation. It is a time of fundamental
transformation -- the kind that ha·ppens, at most, every hundred years. It is
a
revolution in communications. Commerce. Industry. Imagination. The
hallmarks of this new era-- its restless invention, its boundless creativity,
its ·endless enterprise -- are the qualities at the core of the American
character. They are why our nation launched this revolution, and why we will
continue to lead it.
I am not here today to talk about the new marvels of science and engineering;
you know far more of them than I do. Instead, I have come to MIT, an
epicenter
of the seismic shifts in our economy and society, to talk about enduring
American values and what they mean in an Information Age.
From the start, America ,s greatest mission has been the fulfillment of a
single, eternal ideal: opportunity for all. More than any place in the world,
this is a nation where the spark of possibility kindles within every child,
where ordinary citizens can do extraordinary things. Our history can be
understood as a struggle -- on foreign fields and factory floors, in town
halls
and the corridors of Congress-- to widen that circle of opportunity, to
deepen
the meaning of freedom, to make real the promise of America. Every generation
has met this challenge. We face it anew today. As we approach the 21st
century, our commitment to ~alues like opportunity are being tested. They
must
be defended and renewed. Our efforts today will define our nation in the next
century.
This spring, as I speak to graduating students, I am focusing on this task.
Last month, I spoke about the mission of our men and women in uniform: to
protect our nation and defend enduring principles against the new and changing
threat of terrorism. Next week, I will discuss how our nation ,s third great
wave of immigration can either strengthen and unite America, or weaken and
divide it. The technologies of the Information Age pose similar challenges,
and demand the same choice.
The choice is simple. We can extend opportunity to ·all Americans -- or leave
many behind. We can erase lines of inequity-- or etch them indelibly. We
can
accelerate the most powerful engine of growth and prosperity the world has
ever
known -- or allow that engine to stall.
History has taught us that choices cannot be deferred; opportunity does not
widen as a matter of course. There is no such thing as virtual opportunity.
We cannot point and click our way to a better future. If we stand passively
in
the face of this great transformation, we will fail to fulfill the promise of
this new age. That promise is profound.
The Information Age is transforming the way we work. The high-tech industry
·
employs more people today than the auto industry did at its height in the
1950s. The auto and steel industries, in turn, have been revived by the new
technologies -- sharpening America ,s competitive edge. RESTORE THE NEXT
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�SENTENCE?
IT WAS THERE FOR A REASON, SUBSTANTIVE AND POLITICAL
It is transforming the way we live. The appliances in a typical American home
now have more computing power than MIT did just [a few decades] ago.
It is transforming the way we communicate. On any given day, more messages
are delivered by e-mail than by the U.S. Postal Service. [CK] We have another
good illustration right here. This ceremony is being broadcast live on the
Internet, so people can join in from around the world. [joke]
It is transforming the way we learn. A [TK]-foot stack of CO-Roms can store
more reference material than all the stacks of [MIT Library]~
It is a powerful, sweeping transformation -- the scope of which we have only
begun to comprehend. But we can already see its greatest potential-- giving
millions of Americans the opportunity to participate more fully in our
national
life, to join more fully in the enterprise of building our great nation.
The tools we develop today are bringing down mighty barriers -- of race,
gender, geography, income, disability, and age. The disabled are opening
doors
long closed to them-- doors of school, of work, of possibility. Small
businesses are joining worldwide markets once reserved for the most powerful
corporations. Children in the quietest corners of America will be able to
stretch a hand across a keyboard and reach every book ever written, every
painting ever painted, every symphony ever composed .. Every day, information
technology is giving more Americans greater access to the American dream.
AS I TOLD JEFF, I THINK THIS EXAMPLE SHOULD BE SHORTENED AND SHOULD BE MOVED
TO THE END ? REALLY, JUST AS A SETUP FOR THE STORY OF THE GIRL. GENE THOUGHT
THAT THE UNION CITY EXAMPLE WAS BETTER? 2 SCHOOL DISTRICTS, ONE RICH, ONE
POOR, WHICH CLINTON VISITED ON THE SAME DAY. THE POOR DISTRICT WAS
TRANSFORMED, TEST SCORES UP, ETC. AND HE SAW IT WITH HIS OWN EYES. I?M NOT
SURE THAT IT IS BETTER .. BUT IT HAS THE ADVANTAGE OF BEING CLOSE TO
?UNIVERSAL TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY? IN ACTION.
(b)(6)
East Somerville is just a couple of miles from here, but in some ways it ,s a
lot further than that. Jobs are more scarce, crime is more common, and hope
suffers as a result. But at East Somerville Community School, technology is
giving first to eighth graders an early -- and enormous -- boost in life.
Teachers with advanced degrees in information technology, backed with
equipment
and support from Time-Warner Cable, are bringing the Internet and multimedia
design into the classroom.
J
By the end of first grade, every single child at East Somerville has used a
computer to research, write, and publish a small book. Sixth graders are
producing documentary films using computers. They ,re having so.much fun that
during their week-long winter break, nearly every single student showed up at
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�school to work on those documentaries nearly every single day.
(b)(6)
THIS TRANSITION DOESN?T WORK, IN ANY EVENT. YOU MUFFLE A LOUD POINT ? THE GUTS
OF THE ARGUMENT OF THE SPEECH, IN PART, BY SEEMING TO MAKE IT A COMMENTARY ON
THE STORY.
HERE IS WHAT SPERLING AND I DISCUSSED. NEED TO SAY HERE (INELEGANT):
FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN HUMAN HISTORY, A CHILD IN THE MOST ISOLATED INNER
CITY OR RURAL HAMLET WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE SAME WORLD OF KNOWLEDGE, AT THE
SAME TIME, AS A CHILD IN THE MOST AFFLUENT SUBURB. IMAGINE THE REVOLUTIONARY,
DEMOCRATIZING POTENTIAL THIS CAN BRING. IMAGINE THE BENEFITS TO OUR ECONOMY
IF NOT A FRACTION, BUT ALL NEW ENTRANTS IN THE WORKFORCE WERE COMPUTER
LITERATE.
NEW TECHNOLOGIES CAN OFTEN BE DISRUPTIVE. EVEN AS THEY CREATE GROWTH AND NEW
OPPORTUNITY, THEY CREATE INEQUALITIES AND SOCIAL DIVISIONS.· THAT IS WHAT
HAPPENED WITH THE MECHANIZATION OF AGRICULTURE. IT IS WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.
AS WE MOVE INTO THE INFORMATION AGE, WE HAVE IT WITHIN OUR POWER TO AVOID THE
MISTAKES OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. WE CAN REAP THE GROWTH THAT COMES. FROM
A REVOLUTIONARY NEW TECHNOLOGY? BUT AT THE SAME TIME, USE IT TO ELIMINATE
DISPARITIES, NOT WIDEN THEM.
SO UNTIL? every child has a computer in the classroom and the skills to use it
until every student can tap the enormous resources of the Internet ...
until
every high-tech company can find skilled workers to fill its high-wage jobs .
. then America will miss the full promise of the.lnformation Age. As we move
forward as one nation, with vigor and confidence, into the 21st century, no
one ·
need be left behind -- and we must act to ensure that no one will.
CAN?T SAY THIS IS THE PRIMARY CHALLENGE - -IS A CENTRAL CHALLENGE
Extending opportunity to all our citizens in this Information Age is the
primary challenge for our generation. It is a challenge for the students and
professors here and in all our nation ,s centers of science and technology.
It
is a challenge for the leaders of industry. And it is a core challenge for
our
national leaders as well.
How, as we move into the 21st century, will America meet this challenge?
NICE TRANSITION
First -~ we must help you, the scientists and engineers who are driving these
developments, to accelerate this revolution. Since the Class of 1998 arrived
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�here as freshmen, information technology has been responsible for more than a
third of our nation ,s total economic growth. And a growing, thriving economy
is the most basic source of opportunity.
That is why -America must increase investment in bas_ic research. As you well
know, without government-funded basic research, not a single one of the
remarkable technologies we ,ve discussed today would even exist. Not the
computer. Not the Internet. Not Web browsers. So in the budget I will
submit
to for Fiscal Year 2000, I will ask for a doubling of the support for basic
computer research. The first budget of the 21st Century should prepare our
economy for the 21st Century .
. AGAIN, YOU GUYS DID A GOOD JOB WITH A DIFFICULT SITUATION HERE WITH THE
CHALLENGES.
We must also prepare our children. We must make sure that the opportunities
of the Information Age will belong to all of them. And that is why, second,
we
must ensure that every young American has access to the new technologies.
We are already making great strides. In my State of the Union address two
years ago, I challenged the nation to connect every American classroom to the
Internet by the year 2000. Thanks to unprecedented cooperation at the.
federal,
state, and local level, an outpouring of support. from active citizens, and the
falling cost of computers, we are well on track to meet this goal. Four years
ago, when you arrived at MIT, barely 3 percent of America ,s classrooms were
connected. By the end of this year, we will have reached 75 percent. [CK]
NO. 75% OF SCHOOLS.
But to make this quantum leap, we must all do our part. You may have heard
recently about something called the e-rate, an historic initiative to connect
America ,s schools, libraries, and rural health centers. Some businesses ?
and their allies in Congress ? say America shouldn ,t make that investment.
say, we can ,t afford not to. We must plug every institution ? of health and
of learning ? into the Information Age. THIS IS TOO TRUNCATED? HAVE TO SAY?
TO PROVIDE DISCOUNTS.? OTHERWISE IT DOESN?T MAKE SENSE.
But all the computers and connections in the world will go to waste if our
students and teachers don , t have the knowledge ? or the inspiration ? to
make use of these powerful tools. AGAIN, GOOD TRANSITION
THIS IS NOT HOW WE FRAME OUR EDUCAITON MESSAGE!! GOAL IS BEST EDUCATION IN THE
WORLD. LIFELONG LEARNING REALLY REFERS TO JOB TRAINING. ALSO "INVESTMENTS"
MEANS GOVERNMENT SPENDING. For five years now, America has made unprecedented
investments in giving our
children a world-class education, and to make lifelong learning our nation ,s
number one priority. In the Information Age, the 13th and .14th years of
education ? the first two years of college ? MUST BE AS UNIVERSAL will be as
essential as the
first 12 are today. That is why we have created HOPE scholarships, expanded
Pell grants, and opened the doors of college to countless Americans. And that
is why I have worked to make our public schools the best in the world,
reducing
class size, adding teachers, and demanding high national standards in the
basics: math, science, and English.
The basics remain what they have always been. They must be mastered. But
the
Information Age, the new economy, will demand the basics and beyond. That is
why, third, NO. ?THIRD?? JFK DIDN?T SAY ?SECOND, MR. SPEAKER, !CHALLENGE THIS
NATION TO SEND A MAN ·To THE MOON,? I ask this nation to commit to a new
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imperative: computer literacy
for every child. SAY: WE WOULD NOT LET A CHILD GRADUATE MIDDLE SCHOOL, WITHOUT
KNOWING ENGLISH. WE CANNOT LET A CHILD GRADUATE WITHOUT KNOWING THE LANGUAGE
OF THE FUTURE. NO CHILD SHOULD GRADUATE FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL IF THEY ARE NOT
COMPUTER LITERATE. OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.,
Already, ten states with an eye to the future have made computer literacy a
requirement of graduation. FROM WHAT? I believe all fifty states must meet
this goal, and
do it when it counts: every child should leave middle school able to use
computers and the Internet as tools for learning,
research, communication, and collaboration. Students should feel as confident
with a keyboard as they do with a chalkboard. They should be as familiar with
a laptop as they are with a textbook. That is the way we will ensure
opportunity for all in the Information Age. LAPTOP/TEXTBOOK ? NICE. PEOPLE
WILL SAY OH, THAT SOUNDS LIKE GINGRICH. BUT GINGRICH WAS RIGHT.
We will help every state to achieve this ambitious goal. Today, I propose a
21st century training fund NOT A VERY ELEGANT NAME! CAN?T WE DO BETTER?-- to
create a corps of trained technology leaders,
at least one for every American middle school. In every community in America,
we will empower teachers, and teachers will empower students -- to master 21st
century tools.
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GENTS? HERE ARE SOME BROAD COMMENTS. I WANT TO TALK THIS OVER WITH YOU
BEFORE YOU DO MUCH MORE-- I WILL GIVE YOU A FULL DOWNLOAD IN THE MORNING.
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�Draft 5/27 /9!3 9:00pm
PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON
REMARKS AT THE MIT COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY
.CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
June 5, 1998
[Intra TK]
A revolution in technology is underway. It is spreading throughout
, our society, upending old arrangements, propelling America forward into a
truly new era --the Information Age. It is more than a time of
innovation. It is a time of fundamental transformation --the kind that
happens, at most, every hundred years.
You know this; you have helped bring it about. But I am not here
today to talk about technology, not about bits and bytes and all the things
the Vice President tries so patiently to explain to me. I am here instead
to talk about a timeless American value -- opportunity -- and what it means
in an Age of Information.
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Information technology can be the most powerful engine of growth and
prosperity the world has ever known. You know that better than anyone. It
can also be the greatest democratizing force -- connecting and empowering
billions around the globe. But, if we are not careful and vigilant andforward-looking, this technology can limit opportunity to a privileged few,
prying open a digital divide.
This spring, in a series of three commencement addresses, I am
focusing on the challenges of the new century. Last month, at the United
States Naval Academy, I spoke about the mission of .our men and women in
uniform: to protect our nation in the face of new threats, and to defend
enduring values in times of change. Next week, at Portland State, I will
discuss ways our nation?s growing diversity can either strengthen and unite
America, or weaken and divide it.
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THE- COMMON THEME OF THESE SPEECHES IS NOT ?challenges of 21 cent? BUT OLD;
·.y.A[lJE_S.fN.EW·CHALtENGES.
Today I have come to MIT, the epicenter of seismic shifts in our
economy and society, not to preach to the choir about the promise of
computers. Instead, I have come here to talk about the ways we must work
together in this new era to fulfill our nation?s oldest ideal ? equal
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?opportunity.? ~opportunity for all. Every graduate here today, every member of the MIT
community, and indeed all Americans, must embrace this responsibility, and
give meaning to an old, revolutionary ideal in a new, revolutionary time. 4
At the dawn of the last great transformation, the Industrial
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�Revolution, visionary Americans recogni~ed that the best way -- the only
way -- to seize the promise of change was to widen the circle of
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opportunity: _In the late 1850s, when new inventions like the telegraph and
the locomotive first captured the imagination of Americans, a Republican
Congressman named Justin Smith Morrill took on a grand cause. He proposed
a system of land-grant colleges, at least one for every state, to educate
the children of farmers ang_la_borers. in the wonders of agricultural and
industrial science.(,'EtEilt\ik:fHE M.ITAS LA.NbGRANTCOLLEGP
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This was a radical idea, ·in the scope and depth of its democratic
aims. But at its core, Morrill?s plan was pragmatic: the only way to
ensure the benefits of change, the only way to widen the circle of
opportunity, was to offer more education to more Americans.
The Morrill Land Grant College Act became law in July 1862, and
provided seed money and land to help found [TKJ new colleges. MIT received
$3.409 and 56 cents -- a modest grant, even in those days. It was one of
the wisest investments America has ever made.
Ever since then, MIT has been at the cutting edge of technological
change. A recent study showed that if all the companies founded by MIT
·graduates and faculty formed their own country, it would have the 24th
largest economy in the world. But don?t go packing your bags or composing
a new national anthem: Here in America, the 4,000 MIT-related companies
employ three-quarters of a million workers, knowledge workers -- in
high-paying, knowledge-based jobs. Once again, MIT is at the leading edge
of a new era.
Computers, of course, are nothing· new. What is new is the diffusion
of computers throughout the economy, and that is having an enormous effect
-- not just in one sector, but in the economy as a whole. Business
investment in computers has increased by nearly 500 percent since you
arrived here as freshmen. Many economists say that?s why Americ<;~n
·productivity is surging. By some estimates, it has shaved more than a
point off the. overall inflation rate. Since 1994, information technology
has accounted for more than a third of America?s total real economic
growth. And by the time this year?s incoming freshmen graduate, Internet
commerce between businesses will likely exceed $300 billion.
When Nicholas Negroponte and Jerome Wiesner founded MIT?s Media Lab
back in 1980, even they could scarcely have imagined that the system they
used for e-mail would conduct business on that scale. Nor could they have
predicted the Lab would someday develop everything from wearable keyboards
to electronic books to quantum computers. The incredible innovations
developed here and elsewhere are making our lives easier, more varied, and
more interesting. Not just our lifestyles--our lives. We?re not talking
about which cell phone has the most functions or which TV has the sharpest
resolution.· "!.e?re talking about the conto~rs of our lives, the fabricetiNTON
our commun1t1es, and the shape of our soc1ety.
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�The real test of these new technologies is not their speed or their
-storage capacity. And the real promise of the Information Age is not
whether our lives as individuals are more carefree. It is whether our
national life is more meaningful,._ Remember that the real triumph of the
industrial revolution was not the steam engine or the assembly line -- it
was the opportunity given to millions of Americans to enter our national
life;to join fully in the enterprise of building a great nation. As
technology propels us into the future, it can also move us closer to the
· revolutionary principle enshrined in our founding documents: opportunity
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An America that embraces these changes will be empowered by them,
transformed by them -- from the center of our cities to the quietest
corners of our countryside. In rural areas even the highways don?t cross,
entrepreneurs can reach a worldwide market. In the classrooms of the inner
city, where children page through outdated science textbooks--you know, the
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phone call. Disabled Americans, displaced workers, new arrivals to our
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But the forward rush of progress must not blur our vision. If history
has taught us anything it is that opportunity does not widen as a matter of
course or as a byproduct of innovation. A century ago, the move from farm
to factory challenged America?s traditional notions of opportunity. It
took six decades to adjust, and to harnf:lSS.the __ benefits of unbridled
industry. ·TH1?. 9RAF _IS, f=!EP~TITIV{'Wif~fTHE' N-EXT- ONE":
None of you is likely to underestimate the sweeping changes of the
Information Age, and none of us should underpl~y the challenges they bring.
We cannot point and click our way to a better future. There is no such
thing as virtual opportunity. If we stand passively in the face of great
change, we risk creating two Americas: one wired, the other not; an America
divided between haves and have-nots, between those who conquer change and
those who fear it. While many Americans are surging ahead, succeeding by ·
leaps and bounds, others are in danger of b'eing left behind. And, in the · _ _ _ _ _ _;__------\
long· run, America cannot succeed without them.\._lnformation industries are
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are here today-- [number]? Those must look like pretty good prospects, as
yoLi consider your move from school to high-tech firm, or ponder your own
software start-up. If any parents in America can sit back and relax on
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�graduation day, it?s your parents. As the information revolution rolls
ahead into the next century, you?ll be at the forefront.
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But if we want to fill those empty offices and workstations, the
answer is not to have everybody to go to MIT. lt?s to ensure that those
who don?t go to MIT-- or a four-year college at all --still have the
tools and skills to succeed in the Information Economy. And to make this a
reality, to help our nation fulfill the ideal of opportunity, we must take
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First, we must increase our investment in basic research -- the spark
that ignites the fires of innovation. Sir Isaac Newton and his apple tree
aside, fundamental scientific advances are rarely made by accident. As you
well know, without government-funded basic research, not a single one of
th~ remarkable applied technologies we?ve discussed today would even exist.
Not satellites. Not the computer. Not the Internet. Not Web browsers.
Our economy would be stuck in an age of low productivity, of di111inishing
wages, of lost opportunity.
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Second, to give all Americans the tools they need to succeed, we must
ensure universal access to information technology. We are already making
great strides toward this goal. In my State of the Uriion address two years
ago, I challenged the nation to connect every_ American classroom to the
Internet by the year 2000. Thanks to unprecedented cooperation at the
federal, state, and local level and an outpouring of support from active
citizens, we are well on track to meet this goal. Four years ago, when you
arrived at MIT, barely 3 percent of America?s classrooms were connected ..
Today, more than 30 percent are online.
And we are about tomake another quantum leap forward, increasing the
number of connected classrooms to 75 percent. But for this to happen, industry must do its part. It must make good on the public commitment it
made two years ago, as part of the historic telecommunications bill. The
private sector?s pledge to help with the cost of wiring schools, libraries,
and rural health centers remains an important one. If businesses renege,
as some are now threatening to do, millions of students and patients will
be denied the opportunity to participate in the new economy. Some
businesses -- and their allies in Congress -- say we cannot afford to make
this investment in universal access. I say, we can?t afford not to. On
this issue, there is no left or right. Only backward or forward. I call
upon Congress to fully fund this initiative to plug schools and libraries
into the promise of the Information Age.
While we cannot take universal access for granted, we are making
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�important gains, and our next great challenge is clear. Equal opportunity
in the Information Age now requires universal technology literacy and
training. All the computers and connections in the world will go to waste
if our students and teachers don?t have the knowledge-- or the inspiration
~-to" make use of these powe~ful tools.
So today, I call on every state to work with us to help our students
meet minimum standarqs of technology literacy for the lnformafion Age. Ten
states with an eye to the future have already added their own innovative
forms of technology-litera-cy requirements for high school students. I
applaud their efforts, but_l believe we must reach our students even
earlier. Every middle school student in America must be able to tap into
the lnternet?s vast resources and handle other evolving computer tools with
as much comfort and skill as they use a school library today.
How our schools help their students reach this goal should be
determined by each individual state. Some will fold computer lessons into
existing classes in subjects ranging from math and science to English and
history; others will have separate computer classes. But .whatever the
means, the goal remains the same: to complement the basics, not supplant
them. Math, science and English will remain, of course, essential. But if
we are to expand opportu-nity in the 21st century, then every American must
also be technology-literate -- and that means every child must be taught
those skills when it counts.
To help states reach this ambitious Information Age goal, every middle
school must hav_e the trained technology experts it needs. Today, of the
[TK] teachers who have a computer in their classrooms, only [TKJ percent
have received even a week of training in how bestto put them to use.
America can-- and must-- do better. That is why I am proposing to help
every state that adopts these voluntary technology-literacy standards by
· training a core of technology leaders in each middle school. These experts
-- either teachers, librarians, or dedicated computer specialists -- will
then train their colleagues, help them integrate computer tools into
classes, and serve as troubleshooters when problems arise .. In every
community in America, we will empower our teachers to master 21st century
tools and to spread 21st century skills. ·
[challenges to students, universities, private sector TK]
[conclusion TK]
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Subject: mit
May 18, 1998
MEMORANDUM FOR MICHAEL WALDMAN
FROM:
JEFF SHESOL AND LOWELL WEISS
RE:
MIT SPEECH
Summary: This memorandum establishes a basic framework for the MIT
commencement address. As conceived, the central theme of the speech is XXX:
Equal Opportunity in the Information Age.
Need the thesis: The move to an economy based on information/from in age
to info age will dramatically affect the most central of American values: equal
opportunity for aiL The new technologies are one of the most potentially
revolutionary democratizing forces in our history. Yet as with the transition to the
Industrial Age a century ago, the move to new technoologies, demanding new
skills, upending old arrangements, can threaten to widen the inequalities in our
society. [FINISH WITH THESIS]
Some propose that the President cover a range of themes related to the
Information Age, from privacy and encryption to productivity growth, anti-trust
enforcement, and Internet commerce. Though such an approach could stitch
together a variety of loosely related policies, it would be similar to the speech the
President might give at a typical technology conference. We advocate a narrower
focus. We believe a successful commencement address eschews laundry lists.
That is what made Princeton and Morgan State and Rice so memorable.
Substance: As the President has often noted, the explosive growth of information
technology (IT) is a sign, and an engine, of an American economy in transition. IT industries
have grown at more than twice the rate of the overall economy, and have nearly doubled since
1985. ·In 1996, the IT sector employed 7.4 million workers in high-skilled, high-wage jobs;
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these workers earned about $46,000 per year, compared to an average of $28,000 for the
private sector as a whole; The impact on the national economy has been profound. FIND
ONE KILLER FACT OR WAY OF SAYING GREENSPAN/// IT, by some estimates, has
shaved more than a point off the overall inflation rate and may be driving gains in overall
productivity. In the past 3 years, IT has been responsible for more than a third of total real
economic growth. And by 2002, Internet commerce between businesses will likely exceed
$300 billion.
This is the digital dividend, and it has just begun to pay out.· In this speech, the
President could explain what America must do to continue what his economic strategy has
engendered. He could insist that it is not enough to say, complacently, "let us continue."
After all, this is more than a time of innovation; it is a time of fundamental transformation.
Information technology is different in kind than ((revolutionary" innovations like the car,
telephone, or television. Instead, IT portends a sea change that happens, at most, once every
hundred years. At the onset" of the last great transformation, the Industrial Revolution,
visionary Americans like Abraham Lincoln saw that the best way to seize the promise of
change was to widen the circle of opportunity. One important example was Lincoln's decision
to sign the Land Grant College Act, helping millions of young people gain the technical and
scientific skills that would help our nation branch out from its agricultural roots. (MIT is a
land grant college.) If Lincoln's successors had been as prescient, six decades would not have
had to pass before correcting the abuses and taming the savage inequities of the new economy.
The President, like Lincoln before him, stands at a pivotal moment. It is ripe with
possibility: as some economists argue, moments of fundamental "disruption" are the best time
to narrow disparities. In order to continue our great gains into the 21st century, America must
use this moment to close existing opportunity gaps and ensure that our nation will not be split
by a digital divide.
It is a challenge the market alone cannot meet. The IT sector is projected to
spawn .1 00,000 new jobs each year--high-skilled, high-wage jobs--and will have
difficulty filling them all. Elites, like the students, graduates, and faculty of MIT,
have been and will continue to be at the forefront of this revolution. But they
cannot sustain it, and America cannot ensure the health of its economy, without
computer-literate workers. High school dropouts can no longer walk onto an auto
assembly line or into a neighborhood Kinko's and expect to find employment;
increasingly, jobs in the manufacturing and service sectors require basic computer
skills.
In an important sense, then, this becomes a values speech: equality of
opportunity is the most deeply held national ideal at stake in the Information Age.
For inequities will not, as a growing body of IT utopians has it, disappear as a matter of
course. If we stand passively in the face of great change, we risk creation of two Americas:
one wired, the other not, an America divided between haves and have-nots, knowers and
know-nots. MIT affords the President a chance to highlight these challenges and our great--if
fleeting--opportunity to overcome them. Here his leadership is indispensable, his
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credibility unquestioned, and his opportunity for long-term impact most profound.
Such a speech would articulate one basic principle: information technology
must serve to narrow, not widen, disparities. And any solution requires three key
elements:
1) Universal access to information technology.
2) Universal access to computer training and education.
3) A new compact of responsibility among citizens, governments, and
businesses.
This Administration has made great strides toward universal access. Now, the public
and private sectors must make a commensurate investment in the skills of our citizens. We
believe the President can make the greatest impact with two complementary initiatives:
ensuring universal computer literacy and providing universal teacher training in IT so every
child in America has both the tools and the skills to succeed in the Information Age.
UNIVERSAL TECHNOLOGY LITERACY: More and more students are
becoming computer literate in elementary school. But for those who aren't, high
school represents the last safety net before they fall unprepared into the workplace.
Therefore, the President could encourage states and school districts to require, as a
condition of graduation, competency in the "New Basics" --skilled use of computers
as a tool for research and learning.
You have asked us to determine whether it would be desirable for all high
school students to pass a computer literacy requirement. The answer is Yes. The
National Academy of Sciences has already been tasked with the project of defining
exactly what information technology "literacy" should encompass. The NAS is
close to completing its report. Perhaps the President could use its findings as the
basis for a graduation requirement~ It probably makes sense for us to stay away
from requiring students to take a distinct computer class. Experts believe that this
approach doesn't help students learn to apply computer skills in meaningful ways.
UNIVERSAL TEACHER TRAINING: There has been a major education
technology investment in hardware, infrastructure, and modernization at the
federal, state, and local levels. It is now time to invest in our teachers. As the
President himself noted, "I met with a group of young people yesterday in their 20s
who said, 'What difference will it make if you connect every classroom in the
country to the Information Superhighway if the teachers aren't trained to use the
technology."' PCAST concluded in 1997 that "the substantial investment in
hardware, infrastructure, software, and content ... will be largely wasted if K-12
teachers are not provided with the preparation and support they need to effectively
integrate information technology into their teaching."
Our current efforts are small-scale, and they are just getting off the ground.
Congress has already funded several Administration initiatives that help states to
train current and new teachers. We have asked for increases in FY '99 that would
�allow states to train all new teachers, and to train at least one technology expert
per school.
If the President were call for universal teacher training it could mean several
things: providing training for all public school teachers, providing training for all
public high school teachers, or helping to fund one IT expert per school (who would
hold training sessions for all teachers and serve as an on-call troubleshooter). We
think the third option is the most promising. If we were to opt for out-of-house
teacher training (a week or two at a private training facility), it is likely that
teachers would still need a lot of hands-on follow-up and troubleshooting. If an
in-house IT expert were to do the training, seamless follow-up would be ensured.
1, central value of american life: oppyt for all
2. This transformation affectst that value, for good or ill
3. Must maximize opporutnity, revolutionary potential
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- diffusion of tech
- disruptive momen
4. But great danger of digital divide
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FROM:
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RE:
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than a time of innovation; it .is a time of fundamental transformation. Information technology is
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ortends a sea change that happens, at most, once every hundred years. At the onset of the
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saw that the best way to seize the promise of change was to widen the circle of opportunity. One
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narrow disparities. · In order to continue our great gains into the 21st century, .America must use
this moment to close existing opportunity gaps and ensure that our nation will not be split by a
digital divide.
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It is a challenge the market alone cannot meet. The@ sector is projected to spawn
100,000 new jobs each year--high-skilled, high-wage jobs--and will have difficulty filling them
all. Elites, like the students, graduates, and faculty of MIT, have been and will continue to be
at the forefront of this revolution. But they cannot sustain it, and America cannot ensure the
health of its economy, without computer-literate workers. High school dropouts can no longer
walk onto an auto assembly line or into a neighborhood Kinko's and expect to fmd employment;
increasingly, jobs in the manufacturing and service sectors require basic computer skills.
In an important sense, then, this becomes a values speech: equality of opportunity is the
most deeply held national ideal at stake in the Information Age. For inequities will not, as a
growing body of IT utopians has it, disappear as a matter of course. If we stand passively in the.
face of great change, we risk creation of two Americas: one wired, the other not, an America
divided between haves and have-nots, knowers and know-nots. MIT affords the President a
chance to highlight these challenges and our great--if fleeting--opportunity to overcome them.
Here his leadership is indispensable, his credibility unquestioned, and his opportunity for
long-term impact most profound.
Such a speech would articulate one basic principle: information technology must serve
to narrow, not widen, disparities. And any solution requires three key· elements:
1) Universal access to information technology.
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This Administration has made great strides toward universal access. Now, the public and
private sectors must make a commensurate investment in the skills of our citizens. We believe
the President can make the greatest impact with two complementary initiatives: ensuring universal
computer literacy and providing universal teacher training in IT so every child in America has
both the tools and the skills to succeed in the Information Age.
UNIVERSAL TECHNOLOGY LITERACY: More and more students are becoming
computer literate in elementary school. But for those who aren't, high school represents the last
safety net before they fall unprepared into the workplace. Therefore, the President could encourage
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�states and school districts to require, as a condition of graduation, competency in the ''New Basics"
--skilled use of computers as a tool for research and learning .
.you have asked us to determine whether it would be desirable for all high school students
to pass a computer literacy requirement. The answer is Yes. The National Academy of Sciences has
already been tasked with the project of defining exactly what information technology "literacy"
should encompass. The NAS is close to completing its report. Perhaps the President could use its
findings as the basis for a graduation requirement. It probably makes sense for us to stay away
from requiring students to take a distinct computer class. Experts believe that this approach
doesn't help students learn to apply computer skills in meaningful ways.
UNIVERSAL TEACHER TRAINING: There has been a major education technology
investment in hardware, infrastructure, and modernization at the federal, state, and local levels. It
is now time to invest in our teachers. As the President himself noted, "I met with a group of young
people yesterday in their 20s who said, 'What difference will it make if you connect every classroom
in the country to the Information Superhighway if the teachers aren't trained to use the technology."'
PCAST concluded in 1997 that "the substantial investment in hardware, infrastructure, software, and
content ... will be largely wasted if K-12 teachers are not provided with the preparation and support
they need to effectively integrate information technology into their teaching."
Our current efforts are small-scale, and they are just getting off the ground. Congress has
already funded several Administration initiatives that help states to train current and new teachers.
We have asked for increases in FY '99 that would allow states to train all new teachers, and to train
at least one technology expert per school.
If the President were call for universal teacher training it could mean several things:
· providing training for all public school teachers, providing training for all public high school
teachers, or helping to fund one IT expert per school (who would hold training sessions for all
teachers and serve as an on-call troubleshooter). We think the third option is the most promising.
If we were to opt for out-of-house teacher training (a week or two at a private training facility), it
is likely that teachers would still need a lot of hands-on follow-up and troubleshooting. If an
in.:.house IT expert were to do the training, seamless follow-up would. be ensured.
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Record Type:
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Lowell A. Weiss/WHO/EOP
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Subject: Done!
I have stitched it all together and trimmed it so our points of emphasis are not lost... Also note, I
have taken MW's point that our "4 principles" are in truth one principle and 3 necessary conditions,
and I've reconfigured them accordingly. See what you think, and we can rejigger on Monday.
May 15, 1998
MEMORANDUM FOR MICHAEL WALDMAN
FROM:
JEFF SHESOL AND LOWELL WEISS
RE:
MIT SPEECH
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Summary: This memorandum establishes basic framework for the MIT
commencement address. As conceived, the central theme of_ the speech is The
Digital Dividend: Equal Opportunity in the Information Age.
Some propose that the President cover a range of themes related to the
Information Age, from privacy and encryption to productivity growth, anti-trust
enforcement, and Internet commerce. Though such an approach could stitch
together a variety of loosely related policies, it would be similar to the speech the .
President might give at a typical technology conference .. We advocate a narrower .
focus. We believe a successful commencement address eschews laundry lists.
That is what made Princeton and Morgan State and Rice so memorable.
Substance: As_ the President has often noted, the explosive growth of information
technology (IT) is a sign, and an engine, of an American economy in transition.
have grown at more than twice the rate of the overall economy, and have nearly
$
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course. ~-e.clavltil econe-s:ries--giW;J.'t \Verk; H'ie~-gwu::rec"l~~won't, e-i,th0F. If we
stand passively in the face of great change, we risk creation of two Americas: one wired, the
other not, an America divided between haves and have-nots, knowers and know-nots. MIT
affords the President a chance to highlight these challenges and our great-.:..if
fleeting--opportunity to overcome them. Here his leadership is indispensable, his
credibility unquestioned, and his opportunity for long-term impact most profound.
Such a speech would articulate one basic principle: information technology
must serve to narrow, not widen, disparities. And any solution requires three key
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ensuring universal co put · literacy and providing universal teacher training in IT so every
child in America has the · ls to succeed in. the Information Age.
UNIVERSAL TECHNOLOGY LITERACY: More and more students are
becoming computer literate in elementary school. But for those who aren't, high
school represents the last safety net before they fall unprepared into the workplace .
.Therefore, the President could encourage states and school districts to require, as a
condition of graduation, competency in the "New Basics" --skilled use of computers
as a tool for research and learning.
You have asked us to determine whether it would be desirable for all high
school students to pass a computer literacy requirement. The answer is Yes. The
.National Academy of Science has already been tasked with the project of defining
exactly what information technology "literacy" should encompass. The NAS is
close to completing its report. Perhaps the President could use its findings as the
basis for a graduation requirement. It probably makes sense for us to stay away
from requiring students to take a distinct computer class. Experts believe that this
approach doesn't help students learn to apply computer skills in meaningful ways.
UNIVERSAL TEACHER TRAINING: There has been a major education
technology investment in hardware, infrastructure, and modernization at the
federal, state, and local levels. It is now time to invest' in our teachers. As the
President himself noted, "I met with a group of young people yesterday in their 20s
who said, 'What difference will it make if you connect every classroom in the
country to the Information Superhighway if the teachers aren't trained to use the
technology."' . PCAST concluded in . 1997 that "the substantial investment in
hardware, infrastructure, software, and content ... will be largely wasted if K-12
teachers are not provided with the preparation and support they need to effectively
integrate information technology into their teaching."
Our current efforts are small-scale, and they are just getting off the ground.
Congress has already funded several Administration initiatives that help states to
train current and new teachers. We have asked for increases in FY '99 that would
allow states to train all new teachers, and ·to train at least one technology expert
per school.
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�If the President were call for universal teacher training it could mean several
things: providing training for all public school teachers,· providing training for all
public high school teachers, or helping to fund one IT expert per school (who would
hold training sessions for all teachers and serve as an on-call troubleshooter). We·
think the third option is the most promising. If we were to opt for out-of-house
teacher training (a week or two at a private training facility), it is likely that
teachers would still need a lot of hands-on follow-up and troubleshooting. If an
in-house IT expert were to do the training, seamless follow-up would be ensured.
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MIT MEMO OUTLINE: THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
This memorandum almost establishes a basic framework for a commencement speech on
the Digital Divi_de: Inequality in the Information Age.
On June 5, the day of the MIT speech, exactly thirty years will have passed since the
assassination of Robert Kennedy. America has changed profoundly in those three decades, but
the questions we must ask of ourselves are the same ones raised by RFK. Will there be
economic opportunity for all, regardless of race, region, income or education? Will Americans
endeavor to cross social divides and narrow economic disparities? Or will we permit, by our
indifference, those gaps to widen? These are the questions Robert Kennedy posed in his
campaign for president in 1968, questions we have yet to answer; and they press upon us with
particular urgency as we enter the Information Age. RFK knew little about computers, but this is
not a speech about computing. It is about living and working, and about opportunity and
responsibility. RFK liked to provoke student audiences, shaking them out of their moral
complacency. MIT presents an opportunity for the President to do the same.
1) The Information Economy.
Time of transition, explosive growth ofiT: stats, scope, outlook.
Presents great opportunities: everything from [a] to [b].
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At this pivotal moment, will we let this divide widen? Or seize fleeting opportunity to narrow it?
Will this be our greatest unifying moment as a nation or the opening of a chasm so vast it can
never be closed?
4) What won't work.
Some say these gaps will narrow simply as a matter of course. They will not. History has not
been kind to those who stood passively in the face of great change. And markets are not magic.
Trickle-down economics didn't work; trickle-down technology won't, either. Good Will
Hunting: playing field won't be leveled as a matter of course. Will Hunting has skills to succeed
in new econ; what about his friends?
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*Information technology must serve to narrow, not widen dispaiities.
*Narrowing the digital divide requires universal access to information technology.
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*Narrowing the digital divide requires a new compact of responsibility among citizens,
governments, and the private sector.
6) Policies arid partnerships that will narrow the divide: TBD.
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POLICY POLICY POLICY
1) Here's what we've doile to IMPROVE ACCESS (build the infrastructure)
*connecting all schools to Info Superhighway by 2000
*connected all schools in empowerment zones
*universal service/ e-rate
*TechCorps and related union efforts
*ffiJD Neighborhood Networks
2) Here's what we must do to IMPROVE ABILITY (build skills)
AmericaConnects: Building Computer Literacy in Every Community for the 21st Century
*Teacher training
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*Challenge every high-tech CEO to adopt an underprivileged school
*Take Plugged In national (East Palo Alto public-private partnership)
*Free telephone tech support for every school, library, and community tech center
*High-tech "Baldridge Awards" for software aimed at the underserved
*Online mentoring
*Enhance R&D to build customized tools for the disabled
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THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
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communication. But the issues he raised-in his life and particularly~ 1968, the questions he
asked, still resonate. These are the questions we must ask--and answer--as we enter the digital
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Is IT1n danger of creating two Americas, one wired and one not? An America divided between
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Some say these gaps will narrow simply as a matter of course. They will not. History has not
been kind to those who stood passively in the face of great change. And markets are not magic.
Trickle-down economics didn't work; trickle-down technology won't, either. Good Will
Hunting: playing field won't be leveled as a matter of course. Will Hunting has skills to succeed
in new econ; what about his friends?
6) What, then, is to be done?
a) Improving access: POTUS accomplishments.
b) But it's also about improving ability
7) And who's going to do it?.
a) students
b) private sector
c) government
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�May 13, 1998
MEMORANDUM FOR MICHAEL WALDMAN
FROM:
JEFF SHESOL AND LOWELL WEISS
RE:
POLICY IDEAS FOR MIT SPEECH
We have winnowed the list of policy initiativ~s to reflect those. that would address the
challenge of the "digital divide" and those that could be universal. We are left with two ideas,
both of which we've detailed below. Our hope is that you and Gene will have time to discuss
them en route to Europe.
•
UNIVERSAL TECHNOLOGY LITERACY
More and more students are becoming computer literate in elementary school. But for
those who aren't, high school usually represents the last safety net before they fall unprepared
into the workplace. Therefore, the President could encourage states and school districts to
require, as a condition of graduation, competency in the""New Basics"-- skilled use of the·
Internet, e-mail, databases, and word processing software.
Courses in computer literacy have an obvious benefit and an equally obvious appeal.
However, the consensus among policy people seems to be that a rhetorical challenge would not
make news, and that a call for a mandate would attract a great deal of opposition ("States'
rights!", "Unfunded mandate!"). In theory, we could tell states that we won't give them a
portion ofthe Technology Literacy grants they are now entitled to ifthey don't revise their
curricula to include computer-literacy requirements, but we could not do so without modifying
current legislation.
•
UNIVERSAL TEACHER TRAINING
There has been a major education technology investment in hardware, infrastructure, and
modernization at the federal, state, and local levels. It is now time to invest in our teachers. As
the President himself noted, "I met with a group of young people yesterday in their 20s who said,
'What difference will it make if you connect every classroom in the country to the Information
Superhighway if the teachers aren't trained to use the technology'." PCAST concluded in 1997
that "the substantial investment in hardware, infrastructure, software, and content ... will be
largely wasted if K-12 teachers are not provided with the preparation and support they need to
effectively integrate information technology into their teaching."
Our current efforts are small-scale, and they are just getting off the ground. Congress has
already funded several Administration initiatives that help states to train current and new
teachers. We have asked for increases in FY '99 that would allow states to train all new teachers,
CLINTON LIBRARY PHOTOCOPY
�and to train at least one technology expert per school.
If the President were .call for universal teacher training it could mean several things:
providing training for all public school teachers, providing training for all public high school
teachers, or helping to fund one IT expert per school (who would hold training sessions for all
teachers and serve as ail on-call troubleshooter). We think the third option is the most promising.
If we were to opt for out-of-house teacher training (aweek or two at a private training facility), it
is likely that teachers would still need a lot of hands-on follow-up and troubleshooting. If an inhouse IT expert were to do the training, seamless follow-up would be ensured.
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REMARKS ON CHILDREN AND HANDGUN SAFETY
THE ROSE GARDEN
July 8, 1998
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Acknowledgments: Sec~ Rubin; AG Reno; Sens. Chafee and Durbin; Lt. Gov. Kathleen
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Suzann Wilson
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I will always remember receiving the news about Jonesboro, about t~e gunshots that
shattered the peace and so many families in a quiet town in my home state. 'ijty thoughts and
prayers -- lilce those of every American -- went to Suzann Wilson and all who grieved. It struck
me that every family or community in our nation has been, in some way, wounded by a troubled
child who finds a gun and takes a life.
We do not understand what drives a child toward such terrible acts, even as crime is in
overall decline. We struggle, as a nation, for answers; we consider the impact of popular culture
and the importance of good parenting. But ifthere is one thing we know for certain, it is this: the
combination of children and firearms is a deadly one. There should be no easy access to
weapons that kill.
That is why, for five years now, our administration has worked to protect America's
children. We are making progress with the help of hardworking officials like Lt. Governor
Kennedy Townsend and Police Superintendent Mitchell. We are well under way toward putting
100,000 community police on the streets. School security is tighter; prevention is better;
penalties are tougher. We have promoted discipline with curfews, school uniforms, and anti. truancy policies. And we are showing zero tolerance toward guns in schools, preventing of
countless acts of violence like the one in Jonesboro.
Our hiws are strong; our enforcement is swift and resolute. But recent events remind us it
is still too easy for·deadly weapons to fall into yoimg hands, by intentor by accident. We cannot
shrug our shoulders and say, simply, Accidents will happen.-We must, every one of us, step up
to our responsibility. And so, today, we are putting gun owners, purchasers and dealers on
notice: protecting children is your responsibility, too. There are penalties if you fail to fulfill it.
From now on, in response to the directive I issued to Secretary Rubin last year, all federal
gun dealers will be required to issue written warnings and post signs like this one. As the sign
makes plain-- in the simple, direct language of the law-- it is illegal to sell, deliver, or transfer a
handgun to a minor. No one who enters a gun shop should mistake their responsibility.
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~i~ unloaded, and out of reach. Responsible_parents understand this. Responsible legislators
~- - 0 understand it, too: It is the law in Maryland, it is the law in 14 other states. But it should be the
la:w in all 50 states, and the practice in every gtm~ fttmrly. By passing this legislation,
Congress can show it is serious about gun safety, it is serious about its responsibility to _
America's children. Congress should also pass the juvenile crime 'bill I have proposed, which.
would ban violent juveniles from buying guns for life and take other important steps toward the
prevention of juvenile crime. I urge Congress to step up to its responsibility and put progress
above partisanship.
Of course, our responsibilities as a nation reach beyond law and policy; they touch our
most basic values of respect, of right and wrong, of conscience and community. Government
cannot teach these values, only parents can. But there is much we can do, in the halls of
Congress and in state and local governments across Anierica. It is our sacred obligation to our
children that we get it done without delay. In this way we will give our children a safer, and
better, future in the 21st century.
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Due to the awkward situation with Mr. Berry and the woman from his home district who is
introducing the Potus for tomorrow's event (she has been attacking him publicly for not signing
onto gun control legislation), we need to add the following to the Potus remarks:
I would like to recognize my good friend Congressman Berry who could not be with Lis today. He
has seen first hand the effect that school violence has on a community and has been dedicated to
finding ways to combat this problem.
I understand that the remarks have been turned in already, so this needs to be added at the
morning briefing.
Also Christa is it possible to review the remarks of the "parent" to be sure there is nothing in them
that would be awkward for Potus and Mr. Berry?
please call me if you have any questions 66620 thanks
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. REMARKS TO THE FAMILY REUNION
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Jeff:
Attached please find 2 documents that should help. The first is a draft one-pager on the action
we expect to take Monday a.m., and the second is a 0/A I did for Rahm and the President that
talks about "targeted deterrence." Any speech draft you do with the announcement should not
be widely distributed beyond Rahm, Waldman, and Senior Staff until Sunday. That's when the
assaults "gag order" is being lifted. Also, I probably won't get any official decision/paper from
Treasury until then, so we'll need to double-check facts at that time. With respect to Rahm's
pitch for "targeted deterrence," the 0/A outlines are argument, but I'm sure it's much too
detailed for your purposes.
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Announcement: Today, in response to a previously issued directive (11 /14/97),
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weapons complied with current law. Today's report is a response to that
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has the obligation to restrict the importation of firearms unless they are
determined to be "particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting·
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inexpensive handguns; in 1984 and 1986, to ban the Striker-12 and USAS-12
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Mr. President what more does the Administration plan to do to prevent juvenile ·
crime and youth violence? Do you intend to introduce new legislation to
provide tougher penalties for violent youth, to treat more juveniles as adults,
or perhaps to further restrict youth access to guns?
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Last year, I forwarded a comprehensive anti-gang and juvenile crime strategy
to the Congress, and it addresses many of these issues. It would, for
instance: treats gangs like organized crime by expanding the use of
racketeering statutes for gang-related offenses; add to the list of crimes that
juveniles could be prosecuted .as adults and give prosecutors greater
flexibility to do so; and ban violent juveniles from owning guns for life. We
should debate and consider these and other similar issues before the
Congress.
However, our first priority, must be to do everything we can to help
communities save young live:s and prevent juvenile crime and violence from
happening in the first place. And the truth is: we already know that tough,
targ.etkd det~frence and better prevention will do this .. 1·
For example, in Boston, Federal, state and local law enforcement -- and the
entire criminal justice system, police, prosecutors, probation. officers and
courts -- worked together to deliver a tough, targeted message on gun
violence. They did this by identifying the 1 ,300 juveniles in 60 to 70 gangs
that were responsible for virtually all of the youth homicides in Boston; giving
them the message that law enforcement wouldn't tolerate any shootings or
stabbings; and using the full force of law on anyone who broke the rules.
The result: the gangs were literally disarmed, and no juvenile was killed with
a firearm for a 2 % year period.
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By combining this type of tough, targeted enforcement -- with schools that
are open later and on weekends, when most violent youth crime occurs -- we
can prevent youth crime and violence before i~ happens. That is why my
juvenile crime bill and budget includes funds· to replicate Boston's success in
other cities. Specifically, I have called for more thari $200 million for local
prosecutors, probation officers and special court programs; more than $200
million to keep schools open later; and $28 million to hire more ATF agents
and expand our gun tracing efforts that help identify illegal gun suppliers.
Just imagine the number of young lives we could save if we expanded
Boston's successful efforts to the handful of cities with serious juvenile
crime and violence problems. Think of it: 85% of cities report no juvenile
murders, while 5 of our largest cities (New York, Chicago, Los Angeles,
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country (or more than 500 murders). That's why enforcing tough, targeted
deterrence in these cities and others must be our number one priority.
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�The Cains, and families like them, should have another choice. Not a government
handout, but the option to buy into Medicare if they choose to. Today I am releasing a report
that shows, state-by-state, how many Americans will be helped by this le~gi:;::.
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adapt a program that has worked in the past to the needs of the future. The hard work of the
American people and the strength of our economy has given us this opportunity--and this
obligation. ·Congress should take it--now--and ensure that the same system that served our
parents also serves our children. Medicare is one ofthe crowning achievements of this century.
This legislation will strengthen it for the next century.
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�The Cains, and families like them, sho:tlld have another choice. Not a government
handout, but the option to buy into Medicare if they choose to. Today I am releasing a report
that shows, state-by-state, how many Americans will be helped by this legislation. And, as
Senator Moynihanjust explained, the Congressional Budget Office ~this plan will
less and benefit even more people than our administration first ~- It will give 300,000 to
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American people and the strength of our economy has given us this opportunity--and this
obligation. Congress should take it--now--and ensure that the same system that served our
parents also serves our children. Medicary is one of the crowning achievements of this century.
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To:
PauiBegala
Fr:
Mark Penn
Some Message Suggestions:
On Social Security:
·The kay is .to maintain that we have no more important task than to
strengthen Social Security - it is a way to keep our economy sound, our
budget balanced and do our dutY to the elderly. Some are threatening to
play politics with Social Se~urity next year. We need a Congress that is .
100% pledged to Save Social Security Firsl We naed a Congress that is
100% committed to a bi-partisan process to1 strengthen Social Security.
Veto:
The best position is always to complain that: Republicans in
Congress have put partisanship over progress in holding up our payment
to UN dues at this critical time in international affairs with Irrelevant and
extreme measures. Congress must send a clean bill to fund paying our
back dues to the UN dues. With so many trouble· spots in the world today, it
is particularly Important for the US to ba able to fulfill its responsibilities of
international leadership.
The riders in question are extreme. They endanger the health of
women, and they deny them even basic information about family planning
. - such information that woman around the world need to make the bast
decision for their own health. This is wrong. It would be unthinkable here,
and itis unthinkable to impose such restrictions abroad. And it is
·unthinkable that the Republicans in Congress would tie UN funding critical to the our peacekeeping efforts in the world -to such extreme and
irrelevant measures.
And not only ia UN funding at stake but.•.
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Subject: Brady Announcement
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MC:
Bruce asked me to forward this to Rahm. It's an outline of our suggested Brady event:
Proposed Brady Event -- Next week, the President could make the following 3-part
announcement to strengthen the Brady law, which has stopped an estimated 242,000
prohibited persons from purchasing handguns:
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a national computerized system of background checks and exteJJQ~b.C!~9!:~tUI1d:rcbec~~~·t9S~
. the·purcbaserof:ra'll'tfirearm_sp(no~ just handguns). The rule would go into ef.f~c_t-i_a_!!,th.~L~.!l~h,ok.·
Novemb.er~.P.
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perrnanent'\,e~!.en!>iOQ.:.ofthe Brady law's waiting period, which is set to expire when NICS is
implemented in Novem~.e:. A:'natiorfalr.5~·day: waiti.llgr:l:l~JL9.H~~'~l1P.I:S..~,Q1~9)t:~:1~Jjg_yY:·Io~~h·~·
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PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON
REMARKS TO THE AMERICAN FEDERATION
OF TEACHERS.
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
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my •
friend AI Shanker. I know he would be proud of
you on your 75th anniversary, proud that you are
continuing the lifelong fight he waged for excellence in
,education: for_high standards of achievement, high
expectations for our children, and high-quality teaching.
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I lmow, as teachers, you believe in this possibility.
Your unflagging faith in it drives you every day to
broaden young minds, unlock their potential, sharpen their
skills. It is a faith that sustains you dtiring long days in
front of the chalkboard or over the keyboard, during long
. nights grading papers and .crafting lesson plans. ·
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information and ideas, education must be America's frrst
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_Congress must do the same, and put progress above
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nation.
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that$ a recent study, 81 percent
of teachers said it was the worst-behaved students who
absorbed the most attention in schools. Not the struggling
students, not the striving students, but the worst-behaved.
It is a elistna,~ill!! last tbat 71 percent of all high school.
·students -said tQ.ere were teo many.disruptive students in'
their classes-- and only 13 percent otpublic school
students said their classmates were "very respectful" of
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�You lmow thai teachers can't teach if they have to fight
for respect.or fear for their safety;- students can't
·study if there is disorder in the classroom; and ••rl·~disruptive students won't change&~( there are • clear,
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strict standards.for behavior.
· We will have discipline in the classroom, or we
will have disorder -- and danger. Hard experience has
taught us this lesson, taught us well. 'fhe prBlll•m ii
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•lion eo ale! not lse ¥ROte pieiSmnP. As a nation, we must
recognize that a return to order is central to the renewal of
education in America.
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from the overall decline in violent crime. Crime is
dropping in this country because' we are getting serious
about punishment, and getting serious about prevention.
Crime is dropping because entire communities are taking
responsibility for their own streets and neighborhoods, .
and because the government is giving them the support
they need. That is the idea behind community policing -t1\~ tftM.~'t$t W4 ~-r~
the 100,000 police we are putting on the streets~
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happens: people behave.
· That is why our administration is serious about
school safety.
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We have seen, tragically and repeatedly, the' damage done.
by troubled adolescents with a firearm in hand and
violence in mind. So we have worked hard to tighten
school security, to strengthen prevention, and to toughen
penalties. We will continue to show zero tolerance
toward guns in schools. During the 1996-1997 school
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breaking students and the prevention of countless acts of
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America's children by passing the juvenile crime bill I
have proposed. It will ban violent juveniles from buying
guns for life and take other important steps. Congress can
also give conul1unities much-needed support: I have
proposed that in our balanced budget, $95 million be
allocated to the prevention of juvenile crime. I urge
Congress to step up to its responsibility, invest in·
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· We have learned another lesson from the drop in
violent crime. And that is: the small stuff matters.
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but the smaller acts of aggression -- the threats, the
.scuffles, the back-talk -- that take a terrible toll. That is
why setting strict standards for behavior can and will
make a difference, as they are doing, all across America,
in powerful and inventive ways.
Our frrst effort, of course, must be to get children
inside the schoolhouse doors. Truancy, w I hac e allitl, is
more than a warning sign of trouble-- it .is trouble, and a
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the street during school ho~s. And in Boston; where
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absent three weeks or more this past school year, they
have a strict new promotion policy: if you don't attend,
you won't advance. Other cities are forming truancy task
forces -- a united front of schools, social services ,and
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is at its peak during those
unsupervised hours, 3 :00 to 6:00. That i.s why I have
called on schools to remain open -- to become community
learning centers where children are not only safe but can
:continue tO' learn and grow. I have proposed, in my 1999
budget, a significant expansion in grants to schools to
create before- and after-school programs. And for the
later hours, when the streets become darker and more
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solution. Nor is it the problem. At its best, government is
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�FINAL Sequence of Questions: Gore "Town Meeting"
1. Restoring Public Confidence in Public Schools: Elaine Klesel, Ohio --"As people
who work in the public schools, we know there are problems to be solved. But we
also know that there are countless successful programs that aren't getting the support
and recognition they deserve. As a result, public support for public schools is
slipping. How can we get parents more involved in, and the public more supportive
of public schools?
2. A Quality Teacher in Every Classroom: Susan Townsend, Nebraska-- "We know
America needs more than a million new teachers in the next decade. to keep up with
rising enrollments and the retirement of current teachers. What can we do to be sure
that there is a quality teacher in every classroom in this country?"
· 3. Early Childhood Education: Charles Smith. Missouri - "Early childhood education
is still an uneven landscape in American schools, but its value to young children is
. well-proven. Can the federal government provide leadership in making early
childhood education a priority, so that every kid is ready to learn?''
4. Vouchers: Jill Matarrese, Wisconsin- "The Wisconsin Supreme Col.Ut has just ruled
in favor of the Milwaukee voucher program. which provides public funds for private
and religious schools. As public educators, we .find this ruling terribly disturbing.
How can we ensure the future of quaiity public education for all studentS?"
5. School Modernization: Barb NewcoJJ1b, South Dakota- "Teachers, parents, and the
vast majority of Americans want our students learning in modem schools, with small
class sizes, and access to the latest in technology. I know that federal legislation on
school modernization has stalled out. Why? Why can't Congress agree that this is a
national priorlty, just like safe roads and bridges.?"
6. Children's Health: Gail Riley. Maryland-- "The kids at my school all have a
common concern- their basic health. It's impossible for a child to learn when his or
her simplest health care needs go urunet Shouldn't every child in this country have
access to health care, regardless of where that child lives. or the wealth of his or her
parents?"
7. TheE-Rate and Educational Technology: Carolyn 'White. Oklahoma- "I've read
that theE-Rate is under attack by phone companies and some members of Congress.
Given that teclmology and Internet access are the wave of the future in our
classrooms. what can we do to generate Congressional support for educational
teclmology?"
8. Professional Development: Lola Sledge, Tennessee --"Everything in education is
changing at a rapid pace, from technology to instruction. Teachets need to stay up to
date on all fronts. How can the federal government help ensure that all teachers and
education employees receive a.deqm;te professional development?"
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�· 9. Class Size: Charles Payne, Indiana-- "Class sizes in Indiana and across this country ·
are a concern to both teachers and parents. The research is clear that smaller classes
. really benefit our students, particularly in the early grades. What's the status of class
size legislation at the federal level?''
10. School-to Work: Judy Loganbill, Kansas -"America really needs quality school-towork programs to help students who choose to enter the workforce right out of
school. I've heard that there are threats to federal support for these programs. What
can you tell us about their future?"
11. After-School Progn1ms: (Unknown), Arizona_-- "For all families- and singleparent families in particular ...;. the availability of quality after-school programs is a
major concern. Is there hope for federal help in this area?"
12. Environmentally Safe Schools: Charles Everhart, New York -- ''A lot of schools in
America are having environmental problems, from asbestos removal to air C3,Ild water
quality. How can the federal government pitch in to make our schools
environmentally safe for all kids?..
13. Distance Learning: John Davis, Florida - ''I know the federal government provides
funding for distance learning.. How can we ensure the quality of distance learning, so
that students are taught by experienced, full-time faculty, and not by part-timers .
whose expertise may be lacking?"
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1) Restoring public confidence in p~blic schools/parental involvement. "As people who work in
public schools, we know that there are problems to be .solved. But we also know that there are countless
s~ccessful programs that aren't getting the support and recognition they deserve. As a result, public
support for public schools is slipping. How can we get parents more involved in, and the public more
supportive of, public schools?"
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First. let me thank you for, the work you and your colleagues do every day. and for
your interest in finding ways to strengthen public education more generally. More than
ever before, the success of our nation, our c:;conomy, and our democracy depends on
our public schools providiJ?.g a quality education to children from all walks of life ..
Your leadership is crucial .,. .,. both in going to school every day to help children learn,
grow, and succeed, and in'dealing honestly with broad issues about how to strengthen
our schools as we enter the 21st century.
Public schools are facing a major challenge. Because of changes in the economy and
society, our public schools, are confronting immense challenges as we try to prepare all
of our children to higher levels of skill and education than ever before. In many ways,
our public schools are dolltg better than ever before and we see spectacular successes in
some places. But, overall ,we are not yet well enough to meet the challenges of this
new era we are entering. ;
Together. we must build public support for our public schools. While there is a vast
reservoir of public and parental support for public schools, this support is fragile. We
must help the public understand the new challenges facing schools, while we make
clear that these challenges do not provide an excuse for accepting the status quo. We
must enlist the public as true partners and provide what they ask for in schools, often
starting with the basics: safe schools that are disciplined, orderly and teach basics like
reading well. Most imporiant, we need to work together to demonstrate results and a
relentless focus on improving student and school performance.
We also must involve parehts more in their children's education. 30 years of research
shows that parental involvement is a critical factor in a child's education and in the
success of a school. Tippet and I host a conference on the family every year, and the
focus last year was on education. In a survey released the day of the summit, 79% of
parents said they wanted to be more involved in their children's education. In today's
busy world, teachers and others ill schools need to reach out to parents more
aggressively than ever before. We need to make our schools family-friendly and we
need to call on parents to 4tke responsibility and get involved in the education of their
children.
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teachers in the next decade to keep up with rising enrollments and the retirements of current
teachers. What can we do to be sure that there is 'a"iqtialityuteacheri!in;:ev.ery.Lclassro'ofu in the
country?"
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improvement effort in ~ducation ultimately depends on the ability of teachers to motivate
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coupled with investmeritinprofessional development for teachers to make effective use
of the technology -- is a powerful tool for teachers. This country and Congress must
invest in all of these efforts to equip and support our teachers to give our kids the
education they need .an9. deserve.
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3) Early childhood education. "Early childhood education is still an uneven landscape in American
schools, but its value to young children is well-proven. Can the federal government provide leadership in
making early childhood education a priority so that every kid is ready to learn?"
The President and I believe we have no more important task than to make sure our
children get off to a strong and healthy start in life. This Administration has made early
childhood education a top priority.
· White House conference. Last year, we hosted an historic White House Conference on
Early Childhood Development and Learning, which highlighted new scientific fmdings
on brain development in very young children --findings that demonstrate the importance
of children's earliest_ experiences in life to their later success in school and in life.
Investin in Head Start Earl Head Start and the WIC su lemental nutrition ro am.·
To make sure that our children arrive· at school ready to learn, the President and I ·
. continue to invest in children's early development. We have dramatically expanded Head
Start, and created Early Head Start, preparing children for a lifetime of learning. Because
proper nutrition is so important to children's healthy development, we have dramatically
increased participation in the WIC Supplemental Nutrition Program, providing millions
of pregnant women, infants and children with nutrition packages and information and
health referrals.· In addition, we have supported family literacy and early 9hildhood
education by expanding the Even Start Family Literacy Program and introduced a new
Parents as First Teachers program as a part of the America Reads Challenge.
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Historic Child Care Initiative. The President and I have put forth an historic initiative to
make child care better, safer and more affordable for working parents. Research shows
that when children are in better quality child care programs, they have stronger language,
pre-mathematics, and social skills. Our initiative would provide significant new
assistance to states to improve child care and promote early learning.
Additional investments in Head Start. For more than thirty years, Head Start has been
one of our nation's best investments. The President has made improving and expanding
Head Start a priority because the program ensures that low-income children start school
ready to learn. The President is committed to reaching one million children through Head
Start by 2002, and to doubling the number of infants and toddlers in Early Head Start to
80,000.
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4) Vouchers vs. Improving public education for all students. "The Wisconsin supreme court has just
ruled in favor of the Milwaukee voucher program, which provides public funds for private and religious
schools. As public educators, we find this terribly disturbing. How can we ensure the quality of public
education for all students."
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This nation depends on quality public education. The success of our nation, economy,
and democracy depends on quality public education for all of our children. There is no
more urgent task for this nation than investing in quality public schools.
Vouchers undermine public education. There is no greater mistake than abandoning our
public schools just at the time when our children and nation most depend on them. At a
time when we need to invest more in public education, vouchers would siphon off
funding from the public schools attended by 89% of our children. At a time when we
must have more accountability in education, vouchers would diminish accountability by
provide funding to private and parochial schools that are not accountable to the public for
results. At a time when we must bring people together in partnership to improve our
schools, vouchers divide communities.
We must take tough steps to improve our public schools. rather than abandon them. We
know how to.do this. We must start by setting high standards for all students. We
must provide students with small classes and well prepared teachers, in safe, modern
school buildings. That's why I've asked Congress to enact my proposal to reduce class
size. in the early grades to a national average of 18, to pass my proposal to help build
or modernize more than 5,000 schools around the country, and to support my efforts to
bring modern technology to schools throughout the country.
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We must also strengthen accountability in our schools. We must end the practice of
social promotion, and stop promoting students from grade to grade if they haven't
learned the material. Where schools are failing, state and local officials should step in
and help turn them around, or close them down and reopen them with new, more
effective leadership and staff who will raise standards. We should do more to reward
good teachers, and keep them in the classroom. But when teachers are not effective,
we must help them become better teachers, and have fair process for removing them if
they do not improve. The President and I have proposed $1.5 billion over the next
five years to enable urban and poor rural districts to implementing these types of
reforms.
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�S~S:Cii'ifoFm'titi~HI~lltiTrn~~~Teachers, parents, and the vast majority of Americans want our
students learning in modem schools, with small class sizes, and access to the latest teclmology. L
know that federal legislation on school modernization has stalled out. Why? why can't
Congress agree that this is a~n:ationa:Hpfi<:Ynty~;;jtfsHli](ei'sa:fe;;roadslartd~bridges?,\l;i!!
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Modernizing and building our public schools is a top priority for President Clinton and
for me, and we are going to work ve1y hard to get thisinitiativeenacted. As you know,
we have proposed tax credits to cover the interest on approximately $22 billion in local
and state bonds to build and modernize more than 5,000 public schools across this nation.
Congress has repeatedly rejected this initiative almost entirely along partisan lines, but
we will make the case to the American people and to the Congress over the next few
weeks and months why this investment is so urgent. The President and I agree with you -in fact, we could fully fund our proposal to build and modernize school infrastructure
with only 10% of the funds allocated to. our bridges. and roads.
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schools are already overcrowded, and K-12 student enrollments will swell by more than 2
million students by the year 2006. States and communities will need to build some 6,000
new schools to serve additional students in the next decade.
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(GAO) estimates that one-third of all schools in the Nation, serving more than 14 million
students, need extensive repair or renovation of one or more school buildings. Many
students attend schools with antiquated heating, plumbing, or electrical systems, that do
not provide full access to persons with disabilities, or that do not have the infrastructure
to adopt new educational technologies.
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18. Moreover, states and school districts are recognizing the importance of smaller class
s1zes. But reducing class size often requires more classrooms. And this initiative can
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�6) Children's Health. "The kids at my school all have a common concern-- their basic health. It's
impossible for a child to learn when his or her simplest health care needs go unmet. Shouldn't
every child in this country have access to health care, regardless of where that child lives, or the
wealth of his or her parents?
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One ofthe top priorities for this Administration has been providing health care coverage
for uninsured children. As recent studies have shown, uninsured children are more
likely to be sick as newborns; less likely to be immunized; and less likely to receive
treatment for recurring illnesses, like ear infections or asthma; and have more trouble
learning. That is why our Administration fought hard to enact the largest expansion in·
children's health care since the passage of Medicaid in 1965 -:..$24 billion over five years
to help up to five million uninsured children get health care coverage.
We are launching a major public/private outreach campaign to help sign up the millions
of uninsured children eligible for but not enrolled in health insurance programs. There
are currently over four million children who are eligible for Medicaid but are not enrolled
and as the new Children's He<1.lth Insurance Program is implemented, even more families
will have children who are eligible for state or federal health insurance programs.
Last month. at the Family Conference that Tipper and I host in Nashville every year. the
President issued a directive to eight Federal agencies that serve children and families to
implement over 150 new commitments to help enroll uninsured children. This included
sending· information to Head Start centers, child care sites, and W1C program on how to
enroll children in health care.
I know that the NEA has been an important leader on this issue. We applaud you for your
efforts and look forward to continuing to work with you to ensure that all children who
are eligible for health insurance are covered. As school teachers and educators, you see
uninsured children and their families every day. You know better then anyone how
important it is to make sure that children have health care coverage and are in an
excellent position to help ensure that families know about health insurance options.
One good time to reach out to uninsured children and their families is right when kids ·go
back to school. We are planning to intensify our efforts this fall by launching a major
outreach campaign and would like to work closely with you in this regard.
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'""''V.J·.lf_ahd~soriufmembers of congress. Given that technology and internet access are the wave of the
future in our classrooms, what can we do to generate congressional support for educational
technology?"
Some in Congress have indicated that they intend to pull the plug on the e-rate and our
reboot-our efforts to connect our children to the future. I believe we should open the
door of opportunity for our children to give them the tools to succeed in the 21str ·
Century, not shut the door on the future they deserve.
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most isolated inner city or rural town will have access to the same universe of
knowledge as a child in the most affluent suburb. Parents will be able to communicate
more frequently with teachers, and keep up .with the progress of their child in school.
Our children will be ''technologically literate'' --and better prepared for the hightech, high-wage jobs our economy is creating in record numbers.
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The NEA has played a critical role in educating members of Congress about what is
really at stake in this debate-- our kid's future. But we all must do more. We must let
Congress know that we can't move into the information age with an approach to
education that is stuck in the stone age. _And we can't stop until every child can
stretch a hand across a keyboard and access the full promise of the new learning
technologies.
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Professional development and training for teachers is essential. We are living at an amazing time of
change; where we are learning more every day about to make effective use of technologies in the
classroom and about how the brain works and children learn. Moreover, teachers are collaborating to an
unprecedented degree in efforts to reform and upgrade their schools. And teachers are making use of
new academic standards, while enjoying great freedom in how to hel children reach these standards.
Professional development and training are essential to help teachers get the skills needed to succeed in all
of these areas.
We need to focus on quality professional development and training.,i(]aifiitrgmiotiTdn~til!?::"
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and school districts to participate in professional development and training.
That's why the President and I have been investing in teacher training and professinal
development: but once again. Congress is slashing needed investments. The
appropriations bill passed by a house subcommittee last week cut $50 million from the
President's request for the Eisenhower teacher training program and provided none of
the $350 million proposed to attract and prepare prospective teachers. Moreover, 10~%•
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The research is clear that smaller classes really benefit our students, particularly in the early
grades. What's the status of class size legislation at the federal level?
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through 3rd grade led to significantly higher test scores on basic skills in all four years.
The benefits of smaller classes were greatest for poor, minority, and inner city children.
· And these students continued to do better academically even after they returned to
regular-size classrooms after the 3rd grade.
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because we have learned from experiences such as those in California, our initiative
would invest in the training and preparation of teachers hired for these positions.
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provide funds for class size reduction. The President's proposal has been introduced by
Senator Murray with almost 20 cosponsors. And even though Congress has turned back a
sensible tobacco bill (from which funds would have been used to reduce class size) the
President and I are committed to reducing class size and we are working with Senator
Murray to find other ways to pay for this initiative.
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�"America really needs quality school-to-wor-k programs and to help students who
choose to enter the workforce right out of school. I've heard there are threats to federal support
for these programs. What can you tell us about their future?"
10) School-to-work.
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We strongly support school-to-work partnerships that bring together businesses, colleges,
and schools to help our young people reach high standards and prepare for success in
their careers. The President proposed the creation of this innovative initiative in 1993,
which is now funding partnerships in 42 states.
As we enter this new economy. it is essential that all of our young people have skills
needed to succeed in their careers. I can't imagine why there are some in Congress who
want to slash this initiative.
riations bill a roved in a House subcommittee cut 100
million from the President's request for school-to~work. And as Congress continues work
on its workforce development bill, we're going to work hard to ensure that the final bill
permits school-to-work activities such as partnerships between employers and schools,
work experience for students linked to their academic subjects, and mentors in the
workplace for students
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�11) After-school programs. "For all families -- and single-parent families in particular -- the availability of
quality after-school programs is a major concern: Is there hope for federal help in this area?"
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Yes. The President and I are committed to hel in arents across this nation et access
to quality after-school programs. That's why we have proposed $1 billion over five
years through the "21st century community learning centers" program to help up to a
half million children every year get access to quality after-school programs. In fact,
just two weeks ago (June 17th), President Clinton announced $40 million in grants to
help create or expand after-school programs. And our proposals have already begunto
leverage private investment in after-school programs, including a remarkable $55
million in funding from the Mott Foundation over the next five years.
I believe after-school programs are critical for several reasons. They can:
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Help parents balance work and family, providing a safe, learning environment for
children between the time the school bells and factory bells ring. Over 28 million
children have parents who work outside the home.
Keep kids safe. The most common time for juvenile crime is between 2 and 8pm, with
the largest number of offenses committed in the hours immediately after students leave
school.
Enhance student learning. Good after-school programs can offer extra tutoring,
homework help, academic enrichment, and learning through technology or the arts".
Chicago has linked this to their efforts to raise standards, providing after-school and
summer help to help students meet the school district's tougher new academic standards
for students.
Leverage the investment already made in public school buildings. We have an
enormous sunk investment in public school buildings in communities across the nation.
And far too many close at 3pm, going idle in those critical after-school hours.
Indeed, 70% of all public elementary and elementary/middle schools do not offer
before or after-school programs.
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the President's request for this fiscal year.
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�12) Environmentally safe schools. "A lot of schools in America are having
environmental problems, from asbestos removal to air and water quality. How
can the federal government pitch in to make our schools environmentally safe for
all.kids?"
Our proposal to support $22 billion in tax-free school modernization bonds can help
thousands of schools become more environmentally safe and sound. We must make
sure that our children go to school in a safe, healthy, modern learning environment,
and our initiative can help.
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�.13) Distance learning. "I know that the federal government provides funding for
distance learning. How can we ensure the quality of distance learning, so that
students are taught by experienced, full-time faculty, and ~ot by part-timers
whose expertise may be lacking."
Our support for distance learning in higher education can help people who otherwise
might not have had access to a higher ed~cation. The Administration is promoting
distance learning in higher education primarily for the adult learner that finds it
difficult to attend traditional classes because of the competing demands of work and
family. Allowing people to learn at a time and place that is convenient for them will
allow more Americans to acquire new skills. But in no way do we think that distance
learning will eliminate campus-based instruction.
I am committed to exploring the use of distance learning in a responsible way. keeping
a close eye on quality. accountability. and standards. I take the quality issue you have
raised very seriously. That's why we limited our proposal in the Higher Education Act
to expand student aid for distance learning to accredited, degree-granting institutions.
And that's why we have proposed that accrediting agencies develop specific quality
standards for distance learning, such as student outcomes, and academic and student
support services.
The use. of distance learning in higher education offers exciting new possibilities for
learning. But no one will be served well if the first institutions providing these
services offer low quality education. I am committed to working with you and others
to move forward this innovation in an aggressive, but very responsible, way to broaden
access to a quality education.
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describes why the surplus is needed for Medicare (i.e., every independent analyst confirms that the
Medicare Trust Fund canno~ be extended for-any length of time WITHOUT additional outside
revenues UNLESS excessive provider and beneficiary cuts are assumed.) [Perhaps Sarah can
suggest some language OR you can look at our past stuff on this?] If you decide to add something,
please give me a heads up. Thanks.
One more thing, which I know you can do little to nothing about: The President keeps claiming
that prescription drug coverage will save money over the long-run. While there are definitely
individual cases where this is true, in aggregate, any new drug benefit will require significant new
investments ---for both the short and long-term. Oh well ...
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describes why the surplus is needed for Medicare (i.e., every independent analyst confirms that the
Medicare Trust Fund cannot be extended for any length of time.WITHOUTadditional outside
revenues UNLESS excessive provider and beneficiary cuts are assumed.) [Perhaps Sarah can
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PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON
REMARKS ON LONG-TERM CARE TAX CREDIT
DOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
February 18, 1999 _ _ ___
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I warit to thank the Governor for her remarks, and I
especially want to thank her for all she's doing to improve
the quality and availability of health care here in New
Hampshire. I think her proposals are good ones. And I
think they will go a long way toward helping the people·
of New Hampshire meet the challenges of health care in
the 21st Centuty.
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Today, our panelists will discuss a number of these
challenges: from the rights of patients to the concems of
small businesses providing coverage; and from the health
care needs of children to those of the elderly and people
with disabilities. My administration has been working for
six years now to make progress in these areas; and my
latest balanced budget renews that commitmen~ ~
remain foc11 sed on the future. And that is why I \Vant4o
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ta1k this morning about meeti~ the greatest challengtfof
the new century: the· aging of America. As the Baby
Boom becomes the Senior Boom, long-term care will
become a growing need. So it is more important than
ever. that we help families provide that essential kind of
care for their loved ones.
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In my balanced budget, I have proposed and paid for a
long-term care tax credit of $1,000 to help families do
exactly that.
I will say more about that proposal in a moment. But
first, let me paint the larger picture, and say that a longterm care tax cut is exactly the kind of tax cut we should
be making. As you know, we are engaged in a great
national debate right now about how to use the budget
surplus. Now, v;e e!ln all-agrse that i\:me~iea shanld have
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real needs for the future Above all, our kind of ta~ cut
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and people with disabilities. It is the cycle of life. Our
parents worked and saved and sacrificed for us in our
youth; adult children are working and saving and
sacrificing for their parents in old age.
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Providing long-term care at home is, more and more
often, a common choice, but it is rarely an easy one. We
heard about these challenges at the Family Conference the
Vice Presid;mm: in Nashville
lastS~er; and he is
now helping to lead our efforts by holding a series of
forums across the nation. We have seen that out-ofpocket expenses can be high; since long-tetnl care is
rarely covered by private insurance or Medicare.
Moreover, caregivers who hold jobs outside the home -and that is a vast majority -- may have to take unpaid
leave or work fewer hours to fulfill all their
responsibilities.
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�We have taken steps.to ease the burdens on these
families in a number of ways: by strengthening Medicare,
by extending the trust fund, by promoting prevention and
cracking down on fraud and abuse. But the aging of
America in the 21st Century will require more of us. The
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· long-term care tax cut I proposed last month would help
to meet the needs of individual families, empowering
them to do what is best, showing them how very much we
value the work they do. And it is only one part ·of our
comprehensive long-term care initiative: I have also
proposed a national Caregiver Support Program, as well
as new steps to help Medicaid pay for home- and
community-based care.
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Caregiviri~ is a vital and sacred compact among
generations -- and one we should recognize and reward as
a nation.
There is more we must do to improve health care in
America. We should join together across party lines to
pass a strong, enforceable Patients' Bill of Rights-- as
.well as the landmarklegislation proposed by Senators
Jeffords, Kennedy, Roth, and Moynihan to allow people
with disabilities to keep their health insurance when they
go to work. Congress should also~ to help
small businesses insure their employees, since it is the
smallest companies that often face the greatest difficulty .
in providing coverage.
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And we must keep working until our uninsured kids have .
the coverage they need and deserve. In 1997, we passed
the largest investment in children's health in a generation,
helping extend coverage to up to 5 million children; and
now, in states across the country, Governors like Jeanne
Shaheen are working to find and enroll every single
eligible child. In this way, we are all working together to
build a stronger and healthier America for the 21st
Century.
I know our panelists have some important .
perspectives to share. 1 am looking forward to starting ·.
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PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON
REMARKS FOR THE ·NEW HAMPSHIRE· ·
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MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
February 18, 1999
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.Ackriowledgments: Gov. Shaheen; Billy Shaheen
[her husband]; Senate President Junie Blaisdell;. House
Leader Peter Burling; Jeff Woodburn, Dem Party Chair;
Kathy Sullivan, Vice Chair; Rep. Raymond Buckley,
. House Dem. Whip and candidate for Vice Chair; Deb
Crapo [CRAY-poe], Vice Chair; Stan Post, Secretary;
Gaeten DiGangi [Di-GAN-jee];. Treasurer; Sopbia
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-communities where people knov; and care when you ar-e
bOrn, when you get sick, when you die. As Hillary and
l traveled from Manchester to Claremoftt to Dover to
Merrimack, we met so many families. just like those back
home. . good people .who were· working hard to make
ends meet, to educate their children and prepare them
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even though they had ne:ver missed a payment in their
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people who never thought they would be unemployed.
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I'd like. to share· a letter Ron wrote to me not so long
ago: "Little Ronnie is doing exceptionally well. There
have been no problems with his heart and it is looking
like he. will need no further surgery . . . He scored two
goals and got one assist in his last hockey game ...
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What a remarkable journey we have taken together.
What a remttrkatle--recavety m have worked together-to .
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exactly six years ago that I issued my plan for economic
recovery. On that day in 1993, the deficit was $290
billion. Today, we have a balanced budget, we are
building. a record surplus of $79 billion~- the second in a
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niay have seen him around here recently. Back in 1993,
it was the Vice President who cast the decisive vote in
the Senate for our economic ·plan. And ever since, he
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· tenewal. This is a monrent of unprecedented prosperity.
Rarely has America had such abundance, such
confidence, such strength as we do today to meet the
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by 2017, we will eliminate the national debt altogether.
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America has a lot more to do.
Together, we can strengthen our schools-- finishing
the job of hiring 100,000 teachers. Modernizing and .
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teachers teach to high standards, and either turn around
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�Together, we can do more to improve Americans'
access to the best health care in world. Three years ago,
we passed the Kennedy-Kassebaum law so that no family
will have to endure what the Machos' family did seven
years ago_. The law now ensures you can keep your
health insurance when you change jobs, and prohibits
companies from denying coverage because of a preexisting condition. It was a bipartisan achievement.
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job of health insurance reform and to pass a tough,
enforceable Patients' Bill of Rights. I know that Gov.
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We should also act in a bipartisan way to pass the
Kennedy-Jeffords bill, ensuring that people with
disabilities can keep their Medicaid insurance when they
go to
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between keeping their health care and taking a job.
Together, we can do more to extend our prosperity
to every American in every community. We should
raise the minimum wage. We should pass my New
Markets Initiative to spark $15 billion in private sector
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· . Seven years today, I pledged that my presidency
would be about expanding opportunity, increasing .
responsibility, and rebuilding a sense of American .
community. I said that "we can no longer have a
country where I worry aboutme, you worry about you,
they worry about them ...· We've got to be one countryagain, going up or down together again." That is what
this presidency has been about; that will remain what
this presidency is .about. Let us make the time ahead -the fmal days of this century and the frrst days of the
next -- a season of renewal. Let us gather our strength,
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Subject: POTUS LT Care Remarks -- NH
Given that this is in NH, I'd plead for a little extra push for the VP in the POTUS remarks, even at
this official event.
Specifically, I have two ideas:
1. On the first page, in the sound bite paragraph about SS v. Taxes, would it be terrible if
(in NH). POTUS said:
"That's not the approach that Vice President Gore and I have proposed. Our
approach says INVEST save FOR tomorrow. Our kind of tax cut is one that doesn't destroy our
today,
fiscal discipline, but
preserves it .... " and so on.
2. On the second page, when you talk about the specifics of LT care, some mention of the
LT care VP is leading on the President's behalf, and some note about how the work of the family
forums the
conference has contributed
to this, would be nice. I will ask Sarah Bianchi to e-mail you one or two lines.
I wouldn't ask, save for the venue. Thanks.
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Here you go: and extra points if you can make even a clearer connecting between family
conference and the initiative.
The impact this issue has on our nation's families and the need to address it came up again and
again at the Family Conference the Vice President hosted on families and health in Nashville last
summer. And I have asked the Vice President to lead our efforts to raise awareness about this
critical issue by hosting a series forums around the nation ....
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worked with 43 states, freeing them from federal strictures, enabling therri to create new,
innovative programs that move Americans from welfare to work; and, in 1996, I signed the
landmark bipartisan welfare reform law, ending the old system as we knew it. I said then that
"our nation's answer to the problems of poverty will no longer be a never-ending cycle of
welfare; it will be the dignity, the power, and the ethic of work."
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smallest in 30 years, down by 44 percent since I took office. More single parents are joining the
workforce. And overall, just in the past year, 1.5 million who were on welfare in 1997 were
working in 1998.
The welfare system is no longer holding people back; it is helping them move ahead.
Welfare reform alone could not achieve that. That is why have continued to support health care
and child care for low-income families. And we have doubled the Earned Income Tax Credit, a
targeted tax cut that is especially generous to low-income working families. For a family of four
with an annual income ofless than $30,000, that tax cut is worth about $1,000.
I have said that i(we are going to require able-bodied people to take jobs, we have to
make sure as a nation that there are jobs for them to take. In our strong and growing economy,
o years ago, I asked five companies to lead
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a national effort to hire people off welfare. onight, r Welfare to Work Partnership includes
10,000 companies who have hired hundreds
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success stories this morning; and I know, betwe n Eli Segal and companies 'like Fleet, we will be
hearing many more in the years to come.
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Smaller caseloads and bigger paychecks are important signs of progress. But they are not
the only ones. The sense of pride, the sense of security of newly working Americans -- these are
the best measures of our success. As more Americans gain the confidence that a full-time job
can bring, we gain confidence that our new strategy is working and strengthen our determination
to do more.
We know what works. We know how to turn long-term welfare recipients into fulltime workers. Now, as we move into the 21st Century, we must ensure that even more
Americans move from welfare to work. In my State of the Union Address last week, I said
we can help another 200,000 Americans move from welfare to work. To achieve that goal, I
propose that we renew the successful Welfare-to-Work program, which is set to expire in
the year 2000. My balanced budgetincludes $1 billion to help states and communities
build upon their record of success. #dtittTeiiiiOrFflfim161iltroilllrmmitrd~~Jti~~UJr.
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I am also announcing that my budget dedicates $150 million to low-income fathers who
fulfill their duty to work, to pay child support, and to become part of their children's lives again.
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face the greatest challenges to entering the workforce. We know that if you can't get to work,
you can't go to work. Two-thirds of new jobs are in the suburbs, but three-quarters of welfare
recipients live in cities or rural areas. That is why my balanced budget will double funding to get
workers to the workplace. I am also announcing a 50 percent increase in housing vouchers -- to
help families find affordable homes, avoid those difficult commutes, and to get them closer to a
new job and a better, brighter future.
Thanks to the efforts of companies like Fleet, officials like Governor Carnahan, and
working Americans like [TK], more families are enjoying that kind of future. Across our nation,
governors and mayors and counties are joining with the private sector to develop new ways to
move people from welfare to work. We ·do not have all the answers here in Washington. But
there is at least one thing we can do -- and that is to renew an investment that is expanding
opportunity and rewarding responsibility for millions of Americans. I urge the Congress to do
exactly that. In that way, we can continue to make good on what I called, two years ago, "a r
historic chance to make welfare what it was meant to be: a second chance, not a way of life." We
can go farther toward fulfilling our nation's basic bargain-- to reward the hard work of our
citizens, and to give them the tools to succeed in changing and .exciting times. Thank you.
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Jeff -- a coupla things -You can't be as un-nuanced as to say there are many reasons but really one. one reason, cops.
Clinton won't do that. (It's not true.) You need to place the role of increased ##s of cops -- which
is substantial -- in a more plausible context. DOJ's own study shows, in fact, that the main
reasons are a) the burning out of the crack epidemic and b) anti-gun policies. Or something. So
something like: "There are many reasons.· Stronger efforts to take guns off the streets. Stricter
penalties. The sheer burning out of the crack epidemic, as the human toll of that awful drug scares
younger people away. [true] And perhaps most important for the peace of mind of our people, the
substantial and undeniable increase .in the presence of police on our streets. When I was running
for President, I used to point out that [xl years ago, the ratio of police to crimes was [x] and was
now [x]. Now, it's [y]." or whatever.
Basically, Clinton is less tolerant of cant on this issue than on almost any other. (Now that Rahm's
·gone.)
That being said, you don't hype your "Crimnals have the best technology" stuff quite emphatically
enough. Do it as a declarative sentence. "Today, drug runners communicate by cell phones and
pagers ... scam artists work the internet ... and xx does xx. Criminals use the best technology.
Police should too." Orsomething.
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thank Mayor Archer in advance, if I may, for hosting a
National Town Meeting here in May, when citizens and·
leaders from across the country will meet to discuss
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It was here in Detroit, in our industrial heartland,
that workers and managers built the great economic
engine of this American-Century-- and generated the
great American middle class. Today I want to talk to
you about what we are doing - and must continue to do - to build the economic engine of the R@JCritmeiriean
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It w:asJiere in Detroit, nearly a century ago, t1lat
Hemy Ford set in motion that -very first assembly line -building not only the Model T but a new model for doing
business. He said he was looking for leaders and
thinkers and workers with "an infinite capacity to not
know what can't be done."
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�People like that came together in Detroit, and across
America, forging the transition from farm to
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Detroit led the way _.;. and America led the world.
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Detroit still leads the way. \America continues to
lead the world. Indeed, we gather today at a time of
American economic renaissance.· Our budget is
balanced, for the first time in ·a generation, and we are
now entering the second year of an era of surpluses.
This week, 1 announced that our economists project we
will close out the year 1999 --and the 20th
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Detroit area was 8. 8 percent, and the same in the state as
a whole. In August 1992, Michigan hadlost more than
60,000 jobs in the previous two years. In August 1992,
businesses were folding; residents were losing jobs and
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competition, threatened to bypass the heartland. Foreign
competitors described America as just another great
power in a state of inevitable, irreversible decline. On
our own bestseller lists was a book that asked the
question: "America, what went wrong?"
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CLINTON JLIBRARY PHOTOCOPY
�Cast Mayat the Economic Club, you heard-abeut'-Our
economic strategy from Vice President Gore, whB-l1,as
played such a vital-role these -s · .
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We said in 1992 and we have said many times since:
No nation can resist the strong currents of economic
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change.
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no nation should g i y leave its people to sink or swim.
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To make this happen we ne€ded a different kind of
government -- progressive and creative, flexible and
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phtlomplly has modernized progressive
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the industrial world. AWe ha:m::ereated, cae:r-o~ld::=lilles
oMivis:itm; a new Afnengn consensus -- making the
"vital center" once again a source of energy and action.
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is the only way for an advanced industrial nation to
thrive in the new global economy.
Our new economic strategy was rooted, first, in
fiscal discipline. In an era of worldwide capital markets,
no l@ftgtw
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purchase prosperity~4he_,_
yhsap by running big deficits. We cut the deficit; we
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balanced the budget~ ~t4rystoing=so, <by: tn~~
- helping more young people to buy haines, helping
more entrepreneurs to start businesses.
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We also freed up more than $1 trillion in capital for
private-sector investment. Unlike past expansions,
where government bought more and spent more to drive
the economy, during this expansion government .
spending as a share of the economy has actually fallen6 ~<lG ~ .·\.,~
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The second part of our strategy has been to invest in
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our people. In 1992 ~~~re=two kiftds-eof
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deficits· :::-. ootjnst the budget gap .aut also -an investment ·
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nearly doubled our annual investment in education and
training.
Even as we closed the budget gap, we have
expanded the Earned Income Tax Credit for 15 million
low-incom~ ~orkin~ families, giving them hope and
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helping lift}them out of poverty.
Even as we cut government spending, we have
raised investments in our welfare-to-work jobs initiative
and invested $24 billion in our children's health
initiative.
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Third, building a new American economy has meant
making the world economy work for us. Until last year,
fully one third of the strong economic growth America
enjoyed in the 1990s came from trade. For every
country engaged in trade, for every market open to our
exports, the base of customers for American goods and·
services expands dramatically. That is why it matters to
all Americans that we have negotiated 270 trade
agreements during~ the past 6 years. [In 1995, we signed .
an auto trade agreement with Japan. We have made
some progress since then. But with Japan's economy
under duress, we will never make the kind of progress
we intended to make, and the progress that you know we
should make.]
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[And that is why we have pressed the Japanese
government· to- take the steps necessary to stimulate and
open their economy and reform their banking system.]
We have created a truly new, global, high-tech
economy. Today, more than 7 million Americans work
in technology-related industries, earning two thirds more
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than average workers. Tec-hnology has not just built the
computer industry but has transformed existing
industries: high-tech research and development are
remaking real estate,
con~truction,
and, as !have seen
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. today, transportation__) kBl--- ·:-~-o:think there was nothing i
would rather drive than my old IVIustang, but I1ni:ght
reconsider after what I saw this-mormng at th-e-Auto
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inter esti1.t~~·
-In-all this, the American economy that once seemed
anemic is-nnw robust, a leader for growth in the -wockl.
But eommon sense, experience, and tire exarnple of-our
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. -= Everr-as···we=cfijOy-=Guristoric ecuoomie expan§!on,
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world eeonbtny, to 8par
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vigi!aftt illl4 maintain our hard-won fis.cal
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-l'=hauneans==one. thing, and-let· me state it pmitdy : that
~no tax cuts, and no spending programs, no matter
how attractive, that would put our prosperity at risk. "~
-will say -again: that in this new year and in thi~
Congress, I 1Nill veto any tax plan that imperils ol:lf-fiseal
discipline. But let 1ne be equaliy clear: we should have
~x cuts, but tliey should he targeted at the middle classf"
and they should be paid for line l)yline and-dime
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Soon the number of elderly Americans will double, a
seismic demographic shift with .great consequences for
our nation. I am glad the Congress set aside the surplus
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until we saved Social Security -- now, it's time to
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�global economy.
12hird, at this time of ·continued turmoil in the
international economy, we must do more .to. make the
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world economy work for our people;\ I want to press
forward with open trade. It would be a terrible mistake,
at this time of economic fr~gility in so many regions, for
the United States to build walls of protectionism that
could set off a chain reaction around the world,
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to bear upon any and all unfair trade practices.
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Congress outli~ng our r~sponse to ,theA~crea~e in _steel
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Japan 1\ If these imports do not soon return to their prefinancial crisis levels, my administration is willing to
initiate forceful action under our Section 20 1 surge
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protection laws
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and~our
anti-dumping laws. An open,
fair, rules-based trade system is essential to American
prosperity.
At the same time, we must do more to make sure
that working people are lifted up by trade.
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competition amorig nations never becomes a race to the
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Strengthening the foundations of trade~means
stabilizing the architecture of international finance. The
global financial crisis has hit our farmers, ranchers, and
manufacturers -- as well as the steel industry -- very
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hard. -When the nations of Asia descend into economic
disruption, consigning an entire generation to poverty, it
hurts them and it hurts us. These nations are our trading
partners; they buy our products and can ship low-cost
products to American consumers.
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1.~ the ~temational Monetary
Fun~ th~ is a new facility at the World Bank to
strengthen the social safety net in Asia .. And there is
now a new precautionary line of credit so nations with
strong economic policies can quickly get the help they
need -- before financial problems mushroom from
concerns to crises to calamities.
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Eilliith, we must do more to renew our greatest
untapped markets -- our underserved urban and rural
communities. My administration has pursued a new
strategy, based on empowerment and investment, and
here in Detroit we see its success. With the critical
assistance of our Empowerment Zone, the
unemployment rate here has been cut in half. But we
still have more work to do to bring the spark of private
enterpris:~o~~~~~~~~a~1.1~~ lg~~~t~"~' hn-~.\'U
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without hope.~ Next week, at the Wall Street Project.~\~
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convened by Reverend Jackson, I will talk about how we ·
can bring growth to emerging markets within our own
cities and rural communities.
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Finally, we must do more to protect the ep.vironment
while promoting economic growth. As Vice President
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Gore pointed out last May, here at the Economic Club,
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we can mdeerl~ greater growth while having
cleaner air and cleaner water, and \!jite tackling
challenges like global climate change.-· 8tir
-=:::administratien=&as--worked closely with auto maker§as
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face tlw=ehallenge of cllinate-change. That is the
idea behind the PNGV, the Partnership for a New
Generation of Vehicles that we started six years ago -- ·
the government joining forces \Vith auto 1nakers to
develop cleaner, more fuel-efficient cars and to make
American car companies even more competitive in .
global markets.
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seeing the first Concept Cars from each of the companies
in about a year's time.
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Henry :ford said it best: "Coming together is a·
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beginning; keeping together is progress; working
together is a success. " At the turn of the last century,
Ford spoke with all the optimism and ambition of a
young man and a young nation. The innovators and
business leaders of his generation lffigw9.-lfe~ld
opportunity and helped shape a new nation. Now, on·
the verge of another Ameri~an Century, our economy is
at a pinnacle of power and success.
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Will Americans have the courage to move forward? I
believe we will. Will we renew our ideas and
institutions to meet new challenges? I qelieve we will. ~
-unrewr¥:Qif=a-s-=-eoofkhmtas ITem, Fo:rtt tlmt---~~W€H.:l@ng
L~A&.\i.~~~L\._J
tog·e:ther~·su~ess,'~~1hat
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there are no limits to the
world we can create;---t~et., in the century to come.
Thank you.
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Sosnick called me today to ask "what the VP needed" in the Detroit speech. I told him I would
follow up with you directly.
I think that there are two things we need:
0_.
First, a reference early on to the VP's previous appearance there, last May, where he laid out
the administration's economic strategy and talked about the risks that threatened to derail our
success. It would be nice if that reference included some validation of the VP's role. Something
like, "And I know the Vice President appeared before you last May, and laid out why we think our .
economic approach has been successful-- and what we need to do to continue those successes.
He has been a critical member of our team, and has played a vital role in shaping those policies that
have worked for us over the past six years."
2. Second, some reference to climate change, with a ref back to the VP. Something like,;'Andas
V:ic~_:)?I.~-~i_g~-r:it 'Go?if'poifH:ecf O'ut :l<ist: May.: neYe ;"we e:·an c6i\tinue'"6u(econ.omiC''s ucc-~ss ''.J.Jh'ile~-~·(~(?
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'_cba_l)g~;:~;:~" I think that for Clinton to go to Detroit and not mention climate change would be bad
for Gore -- and really bad for Clinton. It would be like the mistake we made in 1 997 when we went
to the AFL-CIO and did not mention trade.
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JEFF VERY GOOD, RIGHT TONE- TWO THINGS BROADLY YOU NEED TO DO. A) MORE
EMOTIONAL AND URGENT ON THE NEED TO SAVE SS, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF IT (A LA
CLAUDE PEPPER) B) MORE EXPLICIT BIPARTISANSHIP ON PROCESS (A LA PAUL
TSONGAS) . IT NEEDS TO OFFER, BY IMPLICATION, A SHARP CONTRAST TO THE
OBSESSIONS OF THE HOUSE GOP- WHILE THEY FOCUS ON PERSONAL DESCTRUCTIOn, AND
ARE PARTISAN, WE FOCUS ON THE REAL ISSUES.- AND ARE BIPARTISAN OR ABOVE PARTY.
IN ALL, THOUGH, YOU"RE LOOKIN GSTRONG. mW
Draft 12/06/98 6:45pm
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PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON
OPENING REMARKS AT THE WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE
ON SOCIAL SECURITY
MARRIOTT WARDMAN PARK HOTEL
WASHINGTON, DC
December 8, 1998
Acknowledgments: TK
I want to welcome all of you to this firsFever White House Conference on
Social Security and to express regret for whatfvvill be my early departure. As
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you all know, our nation lost a great leader. this last weekend -- AI Gore,
Sr., a champion of peace and civil rights. When I conclude my remarks here I
will leave for Tennessee, where I will join the Vice President and his. family
as they mourn the death and celebrate the life of AI Gore, Sr. But I will
keep fully informed on the lively discussion that is sure to follow today, and
I will join you at the conference again tomorrow. JEFF I THINK THAT MAYBE
A MORE ORGANIC LINK BETWEEN AL GORE SR & THIS IS IN ORDER E.G., HE WAS A
PROUD LEADER OF A GENERATION THAT BUILT FOR THE FUTURE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY
SYSTEM AND BUILT THE AMERICA IN WHICH WE STILL ARE FORTUNATE TO LIVE. HIS
LIFE SHOULD BE A STRONG LESSON FOR ALL OF US, HOW WE CAN MEET THE CHALLENGE
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THERE IS NO MORE FUNDAMENTAL CHALLENGE FACING OUR NATION THAN THE NEED
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STRENGTHEN SOCIAL SECURITY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY. ETC. (IN OTHER WORDS, I
THINK THAT HERE THERE NEEDS TO BE A BUGLE BLtST ABOUT WHY WE SHOULD DO THIS.)
This year I have been talking and listening to the American people,
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�support. We should be able to rely on it. So we must act, and act now, to
save Social Security.
Now, there are many ways to do this. But there is only one way it is
going to get done. The only way we are going to save Social Security is by
working together ... by putting progress above partisanship ... by placing
the long-term interests ofour nation ahead of short-term politics. Any
comprehensive proposal to save Social Security must meet that test. NEED MORE
ON THE PROCESS a) GOOD IDEAS WHEREVER THEY COME FROM b) NEEDS TO LINK BOTH
PARTIES, AND THOSE IN NO PARTY, PEOPLE OF GOODWILL, ETC> MORE SPECIFIC BODY
LANGUAGE ON PROCESS
I also believe any proposal must fulfill five principles:
First, as I have said, it must strengthen and protect the guarantee of
Social Security"for the 21st Century.
Second, it must maintain the universality and fairness of the benefit.
Later today, panelists will discuss the impact of reform on different groups.
One thing, though, is clear already: the special impact of Social
Security on elderly women, especially widows. Women, on average, live longer
than men, and therefore make up 60 percent of. all elderly recipients of Social
Security. For women over 65, Social Security makes up more than
half their income. For many, it is all that stands between them and the
indignity of indigence. Without Social Security, more than 50 percent of
elderly women would be in poverty. So let me be clear: a fair-minded proposal
is one that helps keep elderly women out of poverty. THIS NEED$ TO BE MORE
EMOTIONAL
Third, Social Security must remain a benefit people can count on -regardless of the ups and downs of markets or the economy as a whole.
Fourth, Social Security must continue to provide financial security for
disabled and low-income beneficiaries. We should never forget that one in
three Social Security beneficiaries are not retirpes.
And fifth, any proposal to strengthen Social Security must also maintain
our hard-won fiscal discipline. It is the source of much of the prosperity
Americans enjoy today -- the prosperity that has given us the opportunity to
plan for the future.
I look forward to the process of transforming these principles and ideas
into action. Let us begin today-- firm in our faith that Social Security can
bind the American people not only across generational divides, but across
party lines as well. It is an issue that offers a choice between progress and
partisanship, between moving forward and turning back. I think that is a very
clear choice for the American people, and for all of us in public life.
[The.PRESIDENT introduces the next speaker.]
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The draft looks quite good. I have one additional thought, but this is not really rriy department, so
feel free to ignore my advice. I think the President needs to say a little more to inoculate himself
against the where's-your-plan charge. I don't have the right words, but the basic point is that 1)
he's above politics and 2) he'll do whatever it takes to advance the cause of bipartisan Social
Security reform.
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I can't seem to come up with any words adequate to the task. I don't know if what I've got here
is consistent with what Gene has in mind:
"Let me say to people on all sides of this debate: It's not about politics, it's about doing right by
young and old without regard to party. A program as central to our values as Social Security can
be strengthened only{jvith the support of significant ma·orities i
e whole reason I
wanted to have this conference was to give us a chance to put politics aside and focus on what we
need to get done -- to encourage honest, open debate, and build consensus, not shoot down ideas
or insist that one side or the other has to go first. I'm prepared to go the extra mile and do
whatever it takes to move this closer to the finish line. But .let's agree, the only way we're going
to get there is to march into this together."
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endeavors have called ourselves "New Democrats" and
our ideas the "Third Way." But we were also the first to
point out that labels don't define a politician or a political
movement; ideas do. We took on the hard work of
creating real solutions, a task far tougher and greater than
creating a palatable agenda for public consumption. We
worked hard to wed politics and policy, and put both to
the service of progress. That is the ambition that has long
animated this group of Democrats. That is the path Vice
President Gore and I have pursued in the White House.
And that, I believe, is the best course for America's
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We have shown that our third way is the right way
for America's economy. hr 1992, we said it Vlas--titrie" to
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I believe the answer is to press forward with the same
economic strategy that has given us unparalleled
the surplus to.save Social Security. Substantial tax relie.f,
$250 billion worth targeted to help families save for
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· care and long-term care. A responsible, detailed plan to
strengthen and modernize Medicare- using the surplus
and cutting costs to secure solvency, providing preventive
care and help· for prescription drugs.·
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And doing something that would have seemed
unimaginable only a few years ago. We have already cut
up Washington's credit card; now we should pay-off the
debt. If my plan becomes law, America will pay off the
national debt completely by 2015.
Our budget reflects our new way: fiscal discipline
and investing in our people. Cutting taxes, yes, but doing
so in a way that strengthens our nation. Unfortunately,
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�Yesterday, the Republican leadership unveiled a
risky tax plan that would wreck our fiscal discipline.
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In the second decade of the 21st Century, we will
face an important challenge. And at that critical
moment, just when the Baby Boomers start to retire,
just when Social Security and Medicare feel the
crunch, just when we could pay off the national debtat that very moment, the Republican tax cut would
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We should cut taxes- but do it the right way. We
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obligations to Social Security and Medicare. First
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�On crime: When I ran for President, most people
,thought that crime rates went only in one direction:
upward. But the real choice, as the Vice President
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pointed out.-,resterd-ay, is not between stronger punishment
and better prevention. We have done both - by putting
more community police on the street, and getting more
guns off the street. Now, the Vice President has some
excellent ideas for pressing forward. He is exactly right
that we should apply the reforms that are working in the
private sector, and at many levels of government, to
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�On these issues, I think all public officials should follow
the Vice Presidene s strong lead and be equally clear
about where they stand - for common sense gun laws on
the one hand or the special pleadings of the gun lobby on
the other. That's the real choice.
On welfare: When I ran for President there was no
greater symptom of good intentions gone a\vry than a
welfare system that trapped millions in dependency. I
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repla~ a system of welfare with the dignity of work.
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�We have cut the welfare rolls almost in half; and, in the
past year alone, 1.5 .million Americans have learned the
simple pride of a paycheck.
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social contract, one that rewards work and responsibility
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action to ensure that work pays better than welfare.
First, we're changing the rules so thousands _of
working families won't be denied food stamps just
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If we want Americans to go to work, we must make
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old reporting rules and launching a new national
campaign to make sure working families know about
food stamps. We want to promote work, not
paperwork.
We will keep pressing ahead, reaching for results.
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Just last week, I took a tour of America's new markets from Appalachia to the Delta, and from Indian country to
our inner cities. I was delighted that AI From joined me
along the way. I think he'll agree it was a remarkable
journey. I took the trip because I wanted all of American
business to see what enormous opportunities there are in
America's new markets.
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And I wanted all Americans to see that by embracing
these opportunities:, by ensuring that we leave no one
behind as we move forward into the 21st Century, we
have a greater chance than at any time in our history to
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grow together rather than growing apart. And if we meet
that challenge, we'll do so by staying true to the principles
of the DLC: by using government to leverage
investments by the private sector, by using incentives to
help create the climate for opportunity.
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many years. These are the ideas, forged first in the
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And I'm not just referring to what's happening in London
or Berlin. The real measure of our success is what
happens in Sacramento, or in countless other state
legislatures and city halls across America. These are the
frontlines in the battlefield of ideas, at the frontier of
progress; and we are lucky to have young, articulate, and
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Lieutenant Governors like Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
and Cruz Bustamante .. Mayors like Kirk Wilson in Austin
and Don Cunningham in Bethlehem. State comptrollers
and state controllers from New York to California.
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�I am eager to hear from some of these leaders today.
They are more than the future of the D LC,. or the
Democratic Party; they are the future of progressive
politics in America. And they are our best hope to realize
the vision of Robert Kennedy, who took the first bold
-steps along this path to progress. "Idealism," he said,
"high aspirations, and deep convictions are not
incompatible. with the most practical and efficient of
programs. There is no basic inconsistency. between ideals
and realistic possibilities, no separation between the
deepest desires of heart and mind and the rational
application of human effort to human problems." That
remains our mission, and I can think of none more
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